distanced

verb

past tense of distance
1
as in retreated

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2
as in flung

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distanced
  1. retreated
  2. flung
  3. receded
  4. discarded
  5. dispelled
  6. dumped
  7. dispersed
  8. shed
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  • After July’s momentum wreck, bullish market sentiment retreated from extreme levels, setting the table for last week’s upturn.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The off-duty trooper exchanged fire through the window with the gunman, who briefly retreated and returned again, firing and hitting another victim who was trying to help and render aid.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of retreated
Verb
  • As the weight drops down, a lever and sling transfer this onto a lighter projectile, which can be flung to a distance at considerable speed.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Once the pedestrian was flung into the Waymo’s lane, a decision to speed up would not have been safe, or even effective.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of flung
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  • Unemployment has dropped to record lows over the past four years in Brazil, and poverty and hunger have receded.
    — Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Their top worries are still weak demand (56 percent of respondents) and geopolitical uncertainty (46 percent), but concerns about raw material prices, energy costs, and tariffs have all receded.
    — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of receded
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  • Each of the 31 teams needed to be reoutfitted, along with every member of the athletic department staff, and the old stuff discarded.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Numerous foods were discarded and two coolers required repairs, according to the report.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of discarded
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  • Police also dispelled misinformation that had been circulating online about the suspect’s identity, saying that some social media posts had erroneously identified a different individual as the suspect.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 3 Aug. 2026
  • However, Roberts ultimately dispelled the notion that there had ever been a fallout between the two of them over the article.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026
Definition of dispelled
Verb
  • Later in the month, from July 28 to 30, slow-moving thunderstorms dumped nearly 12 inches of rain over eastern New York, causing major flash flooding.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
  • During the Great Depression, milk prices collapsed and dairy farmers dumped their own product in the street to protest.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dumped
Verb
  • When knowledge is dispersed and conditions change rapidly, routing every decision upward creates delay and turns potential collaborators into internal competitors.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Use the endowment income to keep a core faculty that would provide dispersed, online liberal arts education.
    — Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispersed
Verb
  • Andy Jones Manchester City Not too much has changed at City in terms of incomings or outgoings but pre-season has shed a bit more light on manager Enzo Maresca’s plans, most noticeably towards midfield.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The employers’ association Gesamtmetall reported in December 2025 that Germany’s metal and electrical engineering industry, the country’s largest, was shedding nearly 10,000 jobs a month.
    — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
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