detached
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Within the LAPD, some have also criticized McDonnell for taking a detached approach to running the department and ceding control to underlings, such as Assistant Chief Dominic Choi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The home’s appeal extends beyond the main residence, with two additional detached structures that could accommodate a variety of uses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
His critics say he is "too Parisian", too detached from the realities of everyday French people to be a credible candidate.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
The band’s joyful energy was more suitable for bopping than brooding, and Mr. Casablancas’s detached and distorted delivery is distant from grunge’s anguished growls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
I want desperately to sound coolly detached but not like I’m trying too hard to sound coolly detached—basically Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not but less insolent and more Indian.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Vocabulary lists containing detached
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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