detach

Example Sentences

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Your second choice is to detach with love and repay the $1,000, as he suggests he needs it more than you do.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

“It plays on manipulation techniques,” said Small, who has now created a guide for others who are trying to understand how large language models work and are trying to detach themselves.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

More broadly it is difficult to detach the Powell intervention from what is going on elsewhere in the US.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Trying to please everyone in this industry is impossible and the only way to accept that is to detach from the online world and just live in the real world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

I can feel the bandage on my head detach and wash away in the current.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness