dissociate
Example Sentences
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Although the actor felt tethered to the character while on set, she could easily dissociate at the end of the day.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Maybe you're angry for some *waves hands* reason, and need to blow off steam with some shoot-'em-up action or dissociate from your everyday reality.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024
"You have to dissociate yourself. More or less, you are robotic. This is the way you have to behave, but inside, you are deeply injured. You are seeing the nation injured."
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
That’s how we dissociate their humanity from ours.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023
A miracle would be useful: if I could stage a convincing rebirth, I could dissociate from everything I’d said and done in the last year.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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