detached
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Ms. Margulis recalls her studies at a music conservatory, steeped as it was in the view that music operated “in some ethereal realm,” pure and detached from the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
To these kids, the images they were watching became detached from their severity, offering the same dopamine-rich hit as any other short-form video found online.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
“If he actually believed this stuff he had become significantly detached from reality.”
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
With a detached air, he counted off other bouts of displacement: in 1996, 2000, 2001 and 2006.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
We turn to our food, detached, as images we'd rather not face start to fill the silence.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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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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