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detach

[dih-tach] / dɪˈtætʃ /


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I suggest you detach with love and repay the $1,000 he gave you.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

“It plays on manipulation techniques,” said Small, who has now created a guide for others who are trying to understand how large language models work and are trying to detach themselves.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

They focused on crustal delamination, a process in which sections of Earth's crust become compressed, chemically altered, and dense enough to detach and sink into the mantle below.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

Trying to please everyone in this industry is impossible and the only way to accept that is to detach from the online world and just live in the real world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

Once, Tendai looked behind to see one of the vlei people detach himself from the wall and shamble over to the cart.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer