detached
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Detached structures count, as long as they are permanent fixtures.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Detached and exhausted, listening to music became painful, transporting her to lighter times, so she zoned out to audiobooks and binged “The Lincoln Lawyer” on Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2022
Detached garage with attic, mature trees and landscaping, custom paved patio, greenhouse, pergola.
From Washington Times • May 5, 2022
Detached house sales ranged from a three-bedroom, three-bathroom house for $989,999 to a four-bedroom, three-bathroom home for $1.25 million.
From Washington Post • May 4, 2022
Detached herself from this city where every street corner was a trap, where every alley hid a ghost that sprang at her like a jack-in-the-box.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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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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