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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  • Meghan and Harry retreated from the royal spotlight in 2020, sparking global controversy and dividing opinion in Britain.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • McBreairty then retreated into the riverbed, and SWAT officers were called in to assist with the search, as were members of the Police Department’s Emergency Negotiation Team.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
Definition of retreated
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  • Rushing flung his body into the tag, but Carrigg was called safe.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Not only that, but now thanks to FIFA’s actions, the floodgates of appeals, sanctioned or not, have flung open.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 7 July 2026
Definition of flung
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  • Almost 100 years later, Stanley Hurst and others surveyed the damage after the Mississippi receded.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • These battles have completely receded from the American imagination, even though, in some ways, the American rebellion was a sideshow to a far greater imperial drama.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
Definition of receded
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  • Still, once the tooth is out and discarded, the choice disappears with it.
    — Allison Palmer July 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
  • Blueberries with a purchase date of July 3, 2026 or before should be discarded, Publix advises.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of discarded
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  • If there were doubts about Jude Bellingham before the tournament, they have surely been dispelled.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Doing business downtown has come with a level of uncertainty for the past six years, as the pandemic dispelled the usual foot traffic and downtown employers and workers negotiated hybrid work.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of dispelled
Verb
  • There are two possible, competing ways in which dust can affect the Alfvén waves, which in turn could determine how energy is dumped into the corona, heating it.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 July 2026
  • As a result, Corbin and Parmida were dumped from Love Island USA.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 6 July 2026
Definition of dumped
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  • With support dispersed across multiple parties, no cohesive far-right bloc formed around Bolsonaro to shield him politically.
    — Cristina Buarque de Hollanda, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
  • The clouds begin to part The clouds of grief and sorrow that had enveloped Gounder with the approach of the World Cup were dispersed by the bright orange sun of a New York Knicks championship, the team’s first in 53 years.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
Definition of dispersed
Verb
  • The data, compiled by ICE and processed by a UC Berkeley Law School initiative, sheds light on how the agency has operated in Sacramento, where dozens of arrests have taken place downtown and through administrative transfers at prisons.
    — Mathew Miranda July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • Because the parasite might not shed enough to be detected in one stool sample, individuals may need to submit several samples taken on different days, the CDC said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
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