detached
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With a detached air, he counted off other bouts of displacement: in 1996, 2000, 2001 and 2006.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Emily and Stephen Boynton, who live in a leafy London suburb, decided to install a heat pump in their four-bedroom detached home during the pandemic.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
The same mindset governs: evidentiary maximalism detached from clinical reality, indifference to patient urgency, and hostility to the flexibility Congress intended.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Other stocks on the screen are not negatively correlated to AI chips, but have extremely low positive correlations, making them largely detached from the data center trade.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
With that, the shimmering spirit of the Sacred Wolf of Ahwoo-Ahwoo detached itself from Mama Woof.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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