detachment

Example Sentences

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Then it could be time for detachment and noncontact.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

“Do they really know what degradation looks like? Have they smelled what a landfill smells like? There’s such a detachment between intent and actuality,” she says.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

Helping to create the New Yorker’s signature voice of amused detachment, she used her reporting to reveal broader insights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Retinal detachment occurs when the thin layer at the back of the eye - the retina - becomes loose.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

The questioners had that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway