detachable

Example Sentences

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The detachable thermostat plugs into the blanket and connects to an outlet up to 70 inches away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Popular styles include corseted bodices, high slits, feathered trains, detachable capes and beaded sleeves.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

I’m eager, for one, to see how its controllers, the detachable “Joy-Cons,” evolve, as they now have the ability to act as a mouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

“There’s detachable fronts, zipper fronts, colors,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

The pens we used had detachable nibs and it was necessary to dip your nib into the ink-well every six or seven seconds when you were writing.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl