detach

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Recent Examples of detach Just detach the popcorn distributor from its base for a quick wash, and you're set for another evening of movie magic. Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025 On the first day of his hike, the sole of his left boot began to detach, leading Luhn to patch the boot up with athletic tape. Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025 The rocket's first stage booster detached and returned to an on-target landing at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, while Falcon's upper stage propelled the X-37B into low-Earth orbit. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025 In a scathing report, Citron argued that Palantir’s stock was detached from business fundamentals and sound analysis. Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for detach
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detach
Verb
  • By removing color, the focus shifts to texture, light, gesture, and gaze — emphasizing the nuances of connection and the multiplicity of what love can look like beyond normative, romanticized ideals.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Social media platforms, including YouTube and X, have begun removing videos of the attack.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With each employee who walks out the door, operational decay follows, with remaining employees often disengaging from their work.
    Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But while the long-term trend in the West suggests young people are increasingly disengaged with mainstream religion, recent surveys and anecdotal evidence point to a rise in interest in Catholicism among Gen Z in the United States and Europe.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But that isn’t separating Texans from their steaks.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Gray loves Catrice Hyper Lash Mascara, which separates lashes for definition, length, volume, and curl.
    Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Justice Department has disavowed its role in his indictment, which led to a four-month stay in a minimum-security prison, but Navarro argued the department cannot disentangle itself from the charge that led to his imprisonment.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Towanda plans the wedding of her dreams, the family is rocked by medical emergencies, explosive emotional confrontations, and the fallout from a public scandal that threatens to divide them for good.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The conflict between Israel and Palestine was dividing friends, sparking tensions, and fueling rising acts of hostility.
    Rchin Bari, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The reaction to this was dynamic, which for some meant withdrawing from opportunities and for others contributed to burnout and decisions to leave their jobs altogether.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But Russia's prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, signed a decree proposed by the Cabinet on August 25 to withdraw from the convention, and Putin has now submitted this to the Duma, which is likely to rubber stamp it.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Others view it as a brazen attempt to split up Kansas City’s minority voters.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That resulted in a hung parliament split between the National Rally, the left-wing New Popular Front, and Macron’s Renaissance bloc.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Police reported the suspect got into an awaiting black SUV driven by a second suspect, and the pair fled the scene.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Routh allegedly fled after the agent fired at him, and was later arrested after being stopped on a nearby interstate.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Detach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detach. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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