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detachment

[dih-tach-muhnt] / dɪˈtætʃ mənt /




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Nevertheless, nail detachment and discoloration remained approximately two to three times more common among GLP-1 users after these adjustments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Used as an estimation of casualties — just put a number in front, “20 NAZA”— it suggests a battle calculation that has permitted the detachment of moral consquences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Bush's apparent detachment was striking throughout all the court proceedings I witnessed.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

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

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

Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Telegram: "Today, the settlement of Krasna Hora was taken by assault detachments of the Wagner PMC."

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023

They kept filling out in separate detachments into the afternoon.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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