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
  • Officers retreated and called for backup, but officials said the suspect fired shots at police.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Once promoted by her husband as a possible successor in the Governor’s Mansion, Casey DeSantis has since largely retreated from public view.
    — Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of retreated
Verb
  • The refs have also flung their hankies for 177 false starts, the biggest tally in nearly 20 years.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Last year in Arizona, a motorcyclist was fatally injured after hitting a Waymo and being flung into the road.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of flung
Verb
  • At Lake Mead, a short drive in the desert from Las Vegas, the bones of a man in an old drum were found as the reservoir’s waters receded in 2022.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
  • When Hurricane Sandy floodwater receded from New Jersey’s Port Newark shipping docks back in 2012, 16 Fisker Karmas, which are luxury hybrid plug-ins, burned in a fire there.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of receded
Verb
  • Pastries containing squash for which there is a poster indicating a shelf life of two days under refrigeration, were for sale and at room temperature without time-mark indicators to be discarded.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • As for privacy, Mayer said users can grant Dazzle full, partial, or no access to their photos and images that are sensitive are immediately discarded.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of discarded
Verb
  • Canadian singer Keshia Chanté dispelled the rumors of Drizzy being the father of her baby after speculation continued to mount following her maternity photo shoot landing on social media.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Coleman, who is married to an immigrant, dispelled any myths that his passionate testimony was racist, anti-immigrant or politically motivated.
    — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispelled
Verb
  • Selig in essence dumped his team’s AL tradition for a few more home games with the Cubs and their money-spending fans from the North Shore.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Their attackers confronted them there, shot them dead in the early morning hours and then dumped their bodies into a well more than 50 feet deep.
    — Fabiola Sánchez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of dumped
Verb
  • There are seven bedrooms and six full bathrooms dispersed throughout, with additional spaces including a billiards room with a bar, a cozy reading nook, and a sun porch with wraparound windows.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
  • This jagged microscopic debris, easily dispersed by meteorite impacts and rocket exhaust, is corrosive, abrasive and adhesive.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of dispersed
Verb
  • Against that backdrop, the royal visit signals that Spain is shedding its longstanding reluctance to send its monarchs to the exclaves, Amirah-Fernández said.
    — JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Nagy continued working as an artist in the years afterward, eventually shedding his austere black-and-white collage aesthetic to make colorful paintings and installations in the ’90s.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
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