Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distanced
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Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, has retreated from the near-$120 per barrel seen earlier in the week, as the International Energy Agency agreed on Wednesday to release a record 400 million barrels of oil from its emergency reserves.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026 -
O’Brien has not retreated from public life.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
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Nearly every cinematic space voyage, however far flung, brushes up against familiar terrain.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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One of their biggest problems came from opponents’ crosses, which were flung incessantly into the box from either flank.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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During that time, juvenile Chinook salmon were stranded along the riverbanks as water levels receded.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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To her surprise, her joint pain, fatigue, and swelling all slowly receded.—
Jason Liebowitz,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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As a result, most of this plastic barrier packaging is discarded to landfills as single-use materials.—
J. Carson Meredith,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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Superstitions about it can be dispelled with mathematics.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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However, this myth has been dispelled.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
4 Mar. 2026
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The next thing the woman remembered was waking up in the middle of Pacific Coast Highway, where she was dumped south of Warner Avenue, Farnell said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
14 Mar. 2026
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The water would be dumped into the Niespodziany Ditch, a tributary of the Kankakee.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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The disaster led to an extensive decontamination effort to clean up nuclear material dispersed when conventional explosives in the hydrogen bombs detonated after hitting the ground.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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It usually gets dispersed by late winter and early spring.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
12 Mar. 2026
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The benchmark rose as high as about 30% in morning trading, before shedding some of those gains.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Ultimately, shedding a reputation for underpaying its players will power the growth of the league.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Distanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distanced. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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