distanced

Definition of distancednext
past tense of distance

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • While India’s media landscape has largely retreated in the face of the Hindu right’s fascism, Kandasamy is one of the few consistently at the barricades.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • Travel stocks — Shares of airlines and cruise operators rose as oil prices retreated on Wednesday.
    Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • The impact then flung the Pilot west, and the front of the car crashed with the back of Quinones Lewis’s Ford Fiesta, according to the affidavit.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2026
  • The theater was also immediately gutted, the audience chairs yanked out and flung into a pile in the middle of the studio.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • Then the German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch cracked industrial nitrogen fixation in 1909, and the practical significance of the problem receded.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2026
  • Obey any barricades in place even once flood waters have receded because the road may have been compromised and may still not be safe for travel.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Detectives later found that the items had been discarded in a retention pond behind the restroom.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • Participants will bring old or discarded screens, monitors, tablets and smartphones to investigate the intersections of material, design and data.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Throughout the early part of this year, and especially against João Fonseca in their French Open quarterfinal Tuesday night, Jakub Menšík has dispelled any doubts about his mental and physical strength.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Uncertainty dispelled There was some doubt about whether board members would successfully agree to the terms of a contract after Jacobson was named superintendent on April 22.
    Hannah Brueske, Twin Cities, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • On March 13, a strong snowstorm dumped up to two feet of snow and battered the nest with strong winds.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2026
  • One of the biggest issues the island faces is coconut shell waste, which is often dumped in mounds and is slow to decompose.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Attackers also burned down one of the patient-isolation tents hastily erected on the hospital grounds, before soldiers dispersed them by firing warning shots.
    Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 28 May 2026
  • The officers, aided by officers from South Chicago Heights and other neighboring jurisdictions, Cook County and Will County sheriff’s deputies and K-9 units, dispersed the teens, who were blocking the 3300 block of Chicago Road and moving into a parking lot on the street’s east side, police said.
    Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • In addition, research has shown cockroach debris, such as feces and shed skins, can cause allergies and asthma in some people.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
  • The Hollywood Reporter senior editors Alex Weprin and Steven Zeitchik came together to shed some light on the mega-murk.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
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“Distanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distanced. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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