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

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

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

He had joined a special-forces unit on the first day of the Russian invasion and commanded an air-defense detachment during the Battle of Kyiv in the early weeks of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

They were waiting to be joined by a detachment of marines.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes