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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  • In the pandemic years, demographic experts say, under-35 adults retreated to parental homes to ride out quarantines and escape big-city crowds.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • Disposable income has since retreated to the normal upward trendline, but no matter.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of retreated
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  • The tourist who was attacked by a bison on Friday at Yellowstone National Park is recovering after being flung into the air.
    — Zoe Cummings, Washington Post, 13 July 2026
  • In it, a black SUV is pointed toward a white van, its door flung open.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
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  • The epidemic eventually receded, but not because anyone had mastered Ebola.
    — Ivan Buendia Gayton, STAT, 7 July 2026
  • Almost 100 years later, Stanley Hurst and others surveyed the damage after the Mississippi receded.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of receded
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  • According to police, detectives determined that Roper and the juvenile were present when Erving drowned but failed to report the incident and later discarded some of his belongings.
    — Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • The utility offered to give investigators access to the trash containers where the pole was discarded, Kushner wrote, but the commission declined to inspect them.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
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  • The movie, which starred an orca named Keiko, also dispelled myths about the killer whale and inspired activism around their captivity.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 July 2026
  • Speculation about potential injuries to Ginn and Kurtz — arguably the A’s best pitcher and hitter this season, respectively — were prominent on social media during the last two games before being dispelled by Kotsay.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of dispelled
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  • Behind them is Erling Haaland on seven, but the Norwegian was dumped out of the competition by England on Saturday so won’t be getting his hand on any trophies this summer.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
  • Rodríguez rejected social media reports alleging that rubble was being dumped into the Caribbean Sea, insisting the government intends to recycle much of the material.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
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  • In the option pits, the crowd has gathered but hasn't dispersed.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • This comes after police said officers safely dispersed a crowd Saturday night in Fells Point.
    — WBFF STAFF, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2026
Definition of dispersed
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  • And that’s a lot of energy to shed as a vehicle comes blaring back into Earth’s thick atmosphere, a process that typically annihilates objects returning from space unless they are precisely designed to survive the trip.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • These factors, coupled with a vast engineering and AI talent pool, could help India shed its reputation as an AI laggard, experts said, but cautioned that these are still early days in that journey.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 July 2026
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