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detachment

[dih-tach-muhnt] / dɪˈtætʃ mənt /




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A few meters away, 60-year-old Jose Manuel Garcia, who is blind in one eye and undergoing treatment for retinal detachment to save the other, was seeking passage home to the city of Santiago de Cuba.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

The crisis we face is not a lack of information; it is a profound detachment from reality.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

It keeps a detachment of soldiers on board despite frequent harassment by Chinese ships.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Those vessels may be guarded by a detachment of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

This emotional detachment and blandness in certain areas is other evidence of his mental abnormality.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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