detachment

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Then it could be time for detachment and noncontact.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

“Do they really know what degradation looks like? Have they smelled what a landfill smells like? There’s such a detachment between intent and actuality,” she says.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

Helping to create the New Yorker’s signature voice of amused detachment, she used her reporting to reveal broader insights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Retinal detachment occurs when the thin layer at the back of the eye - the retina - becomes loose.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

“I don’t like the business you’re in. But then,” she added with her amazing detachment, “I suppose someone has to bury the dead. How much is a plot?”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith