detached
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Landreth has a two-bedroom cottage, detached garage and back patio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
"There's an intestine detached from the rest of the body, surrounded by tendrils of blood vessels from the yolk."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Tiny Tim needledrops, an in-universe parody of Adam West’s Batman, the irony of its main character finding fulfillment as a fry cook — it all pointed toward Gen X’s wry, detached view of culture.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Minnie Driver is sadly underused as the school’s detached dean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
She directed them to the detached garage at the end of the driveway.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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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