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detachment

[dih-tach-muhnt] / dɪˈtætʃ mənt /




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For the first time, the city has also got its own detachment of mounted police officers, workers have filled in the potholes and manhole covers have finally been laid flush with the surrounding pavement.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

And to resist the temptation to detachment, especially through screens, which soon enough may not even look like screens but like part of man’s natural landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

The crisis we face is not a lack of information; it is a profound detachment from reality.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

These facts are narrated with detachment by the protagonist herself.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

They had their own hootch at the edge of the perimeter, fortified with sandbags and a metal fence, and except for the bare essentials they avoided contact with the medical detachment.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Wildlife experts from the German Oceanographic Museum and the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research said the whale was severely injured with visible skin detachments.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2026

The military's statement said that box extended "up to the northern tip of Luzon, particularly Mavulis Island", which hosts small Philippine navy and marine detachments.

From Barron's Feb. 27, 2026

The small U.S. detachments are not authorized or equipped to fight a war against the guard or anyone else.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2024

"These measures will increase the combat capabilities and effectiveness of the armed forces and their volunteer detachments," Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pankov said.

From Reuters Jun. 11, 2023

Then he told of the reinforcements that arrived: Joseph Hooker with detachments from the Army of the Potomac; William Tecumseh Sherman with most of the Army of the Tennessee.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt




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