detach
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Marriott said they also found people would "emotionally detach themselves" from images once they discovered they had been generated by AI.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
A more efficient process occurs when water remains in individual droplets that repeatedly form and detach.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
“As a referee — contrary to what many people might think — you detach yourself from many situations, from the noise, from the pressure,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
“I guess your brain isn’t Swiss cheese after all,” he said as he finally sat up to detach his simulation probes.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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When the protein detaches, the RNA becomes available for producing viral proteins instead.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2026
Ter Kulve is set to lead the company behind Ben & Jerry’s and Breyers as it detaches from consumer-goods giant Unilever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 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
His sign flaps in the wind, then detaches and is sucked out the window.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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When the model includes a grounding zone measuring 4 to 6 kilometers across, it predicts a 60% probability that Thwaites will become detached from Mouginot Ridge by the end of the century.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, has warned that AI stocks have become detached from financial fundamentals, pushing markets to precarious highs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
It’s good that “investors are questioning this in real time before you reach those peak euphoria moments where things get completely detached from reality in fundamentals,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Ironic they may be, but detached they aren’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
A man, not in uniform, detached himself from the spot at which he had been standing; he approached Rick Deckard at a measured, unruffled pace, gazing at him curiously.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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After detaching from the rocket's center core, the two boosters returned safely to the launch site, where they can be refurbished.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 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
Investigators have said the accident was caused by one of the engines catching fire and detaching during takeoff.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025
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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