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
Verb
  • Exxon shares retreated about 2% in premarket trading on Friday as it’s adjusted per-share profit narrowly missed forecasts.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • Out of possession, Benfica looked to man-mark higher up the pitch but retreated into their customary 4-2-3-1 shape as teams got forward, with the wingers moving infield as seen below.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of retreated
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  • The boundary between indoor and outdoor living is nearly erased as floor-to-ceiling glass windows and walls are flung open to redefine the term cross-breeze.
    — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • At least 15 Tigers groundskeepers joined a seventh-inning squirrel chase that spilled into right field, where the critter ran into Leody Taveras’ glove and was accidentally flung skyward.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of flung
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  • Slowly, like a gently outgoing tide, my clutch of colleagues eventually receded back indoors to their work stations.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
  • Before the water had even fully receded, Hurricane Milton was bearing down as a Category 5, forcing the family to brace for a second direct hit while still standing in the wreckage of the first.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of receded
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  • In 2015, the last year fishing was allowed around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, the longline fishing fleet caught and discarded more than 7,000 sharks.
    — NPR, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Russia’s answer to the Artemis program is to develop its own Russian Orbital Station, using modules from the International Space Station after it has been discarded, which would act as a gateway for lunar exploration.
    — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
Definition of discarded
Verb
  • 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
  • Recent American experience in Iraq and Afghanistan should have dispelled that belief.
    — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of dispelled
Verb
  • The Swannanoa River, across Highway 70 from Barker's street, rose to historic levels after Hurricane Helene dumped intense rainfall on the Appalachian region, after the area had already been hit by a storm just days before.
    — Ginger Zee, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The wind whips up sewage dried to a powder that's been dumped for years onto an arid riverbed near the fishing settlement of Rehri Goth, on the outskirts of the Pakistani port city of Karachi.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of dumped
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  • That means that the money being dispersed is moving more slowly, York said.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Conversely, a larger FOV decreases the angular resolution, since the pixels are dispersed across a wider area of the screen.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispersed
Verb
  • The current 992‑generation Porsche 911 is shedding its post-COVID premium—not losing its fundamental resale‑value advantage for buyers, which creates opportunity.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The rise of Black power influenced Chicano activism, and many Mexican Americans increasingly shed illusions that they could be seen as white, at least legally so, and rejected assimilationist impulses.
    — Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of shed
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