- present participle of distance.
distancing
Example Sentences
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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
The spiders are also good at distancing themselves from each other so they aren’t in competition.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
"It's like Covid again where everyone is socially distancing and not making plans to go out," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
I began seeking ways of distancing myself from my father’s rituals.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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