detached
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“If he actually believed this stuff he had become significantly detached from reality.”
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
With a detached air, he counted off other bouts of displacement: in 1996, 2000, 2001 and 2006.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
The agency’s mindset remains: 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
The Bennetts' history with Sexton began in 2011, when they became desperate to leave their £160,000 detached house in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, because of long-term disturbance related to nearby building work.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
In examining Mersault’s life, the judges see his detachment and come to the conclusion that a man who is so detached from normal human feelings is more likely to kill.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Vocabulary lists containing detached
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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A Monster Calls
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"A Noiseless Patient Spider" by Walt Whitman
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