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detach

[dih-tach] / dɪˈtætʃ /


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But even if you detach Reddit entirely from the LLM conversation, it’s still a growing platform that users truly love, and one I believe leaders should pay more attention to.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The researchers observed that dying cells alter their shape, detach from nearby structures, and leave behind a residue they call "the footprint of death."

From Science Daily Jun. 24, 2026

While he admits it will be practically impossible to completely detach himself from soccer, he said there are important things to accomplish off the field.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

The team was about to take her to the operating room when he was finally able to detach it.

From Salon May 27, 2026

“Now, Handel, I am quite free from the flavour of sour grapes, upon my soul and honour! Not being bound to her, can you not detach yourself from her?—I told you I should be disagreeable.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

By losing control, they exposed how fragile authorship becomes once ownership detaches.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

As each fragment detaches, it can open "slab windows" where hot mantle material rises toward the surface, creating bursts of volcanic activity.

From Science Daily Oct. 25, 2025

From the surface displacements, the researchers could glean clues to what was happening 1000 meters below, near the so-called grounding line—the spot where the frozen behemoth detaches from bedrock.

From Science Magazine May 19, 2024

As the soil dries, the thistle dies and detaches from the root.

From Seattle Times Mar. 5, 2024

The crew of the good rover detaches the pop-tent from the breached rover and reattaches it to theirs.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

He described feeling detached from himself, as though he was "watching" his own life, adding that "nothing feels real".

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Really, what writer, no matter how detached from their past, could resist that kind of sweet talk?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

To her owners, Gelsomina is simply a beloved pet who is growing increasingly detached and unwell.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The sprawling compound comes with a detached three-bedroom guesthouse, an office with an apartment above the garage, and expansive terraces.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

It was quite possible that Artemis would have sat like that for some time, totally detached from the situation at hand, had not the front door imploded, shaking the manor to its foundations.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Visual effects company Weta created the effect of Vecna’s head detaching from his body.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

Dr. Kiat explains that feathers grow over two to three weeks before detaching from the blood supply and becoming nonliving material.

From Science Daily Mar. 18, 2026

President Nawrocki said he could see Europe "detaching" itself from the United States and said this was good neither for the economic security nor thge military security of the European Union.

From BBC Jan. 14, 2026

Weiss is of the opinion that CBS is on the cusp of unlocking a new golden age of journalism, and that this is achievable only by detaching the network from party lines.

From Slate Jan. 6, 2026

As Tariq talked, Laila pictured her life as a rotted rope, snapping, unraveling, the fibers detaching, falling away.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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