- present participle of distance.
distancing
Example Sentences
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Nearby, work by Kim’s students from the 1950s demonstrates later distancing from Japanese models through more expressive brushwork.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
During previous outbreaks, the hospital relied on robust donor funding and a team of social workers to educate the community about preventive measures, ranging from social distancing to safe burials.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Le Pen has long sought to make the party she inherited from her father Jean-Marie more palatable, including by distancing it from the antisemitic legacy of a man convicted for Holocaust denial.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
“Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” somehow distancing itself from this history, has become one of the hottest tickets of the Broadway season.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Each time he had given those unsettling warnings, he had been airing out his own trauma, distancing himself from it by reducing it to a cautionary tale.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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