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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
  • After Diana’s death following an August 1997 car crash, Jane retreated from the public eye.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Luckily, a Colts staffer hustled onto the field to get his attention, so Doyle retreated to the sideline and kept studying his play sheet.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of retreated
Verb
  • The woman’s head of auburn curls, so neatly assembled and without a hair out of place, was flung to the side and her cheek, powdered with rouge, was now as red as a sunset.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Half a decade of Taliban control ended, and suddenly the doors of education were flung open.
    — Rebecca Blumenstein, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of flung
Verb
  • A week after the floodwaters receded, Angelenos started circulating petitions that would recall the corrupt Shaw from office.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Waters have receded in the city of Washington after Saturday's heavy rain, but the cleanup is still underway in flood-prone areas near Jefferson and Wylie, with business owners hoping for some long-term solutions.
    — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of receded
Verb
  • In 2016, Bottura and his wife, Lara Gilmore, founded Food for Soul, a cultural project that empowers communities, and salvages and repurposes food that would otherwise be discarded.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Its two outer booster engines were discarded during flight, while the central sustainer continued operating and later helped the converted Atlas launch John Glenn into orbit.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of discarded
Verb
  • 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
  • During the conversation, Kehlani dispelled the narrative that R&B is dying.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispelled
Verb
  • Separately, police said another woman was found dead on Sunday in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, her body wrapped in a duvet and dumped near a dam.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Eventually, the firms dumped the valuable slag into waste piles and wrote off the metals inside.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of dumped
Verb
  • Their content was dispersed across social media platforms like X, TikTok and Instagram.
    — Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The protest in Kinshasa drew hundreds of people and began peacefully, but was dispersed by police with tear gas and warning shots after protesters clashed with pro-government supporters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispersed
Verb
  • Nitta said the Emergence experiment is the first to shed light on how AI agents collude to bypass guardrails and break confinement, as OpenAI has yet to release all of its findings from the Hugging Face incident.
    — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Celebración de los Árboles Lisle, Illinois At The Morton Arboretum, Celebración de los Árboles (September 26-27) sheds light on the arboretum’s conservation work to protect threatened trees and ecosystems in Latin America.
    — Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of shed
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“Distanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distanced. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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