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[dis-tuhns] / ˈdɪs təns /




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Everything he’d been pointing towards in the distance was now here, culminating all at once.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

It is understood that the Sussexes' private security team had raised concerns about the distance and heavy traffic on the route to the school.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Pattinson portrays Hansen as a caricature of himself, accentuating the journalist’s unmistakable vocal cadence to remove any distance between “To Catch a Predator” and the man behind the show.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Law enforcement policed criminal activity; agencies with national-security duties kept their distance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

We stand aside and watch Dad as he mulls over what the correct distance should be between the salad fork and the dinner fork.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The ports of the world’s biggest importer unload more than $1 trillion of stuff each year, and then businesses move that stuff over longer distances than almost any other major economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Flying these distances is only worth doing if our customers arrive feeling their best.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

"Basically, the gravitational force gets stronger, faster, as you go to shorter distances," Giddings said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

It said council support was needed most in rural areas, with lower populations making it harder to cover cost through bus fares and the countryside meaning "longer distances, more fuel".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Maps conveyed nothing to Sam’s mind, and all distances in these strange lands seemed so vast that he was quite out of his reckoning.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

With Cerimedo’s name now toxic, Paz, Milei and other former allies have distanced themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

The PGA Tour also distanced itself from Good Good Golf, announcing the company would no longer serve as title sponsor of an upcoming tournament.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Soon after, Abehsera, Sazan Real Estate’s chairman, distanced his group from the controversy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

According to Der Spiegel, Ballout told the Berlin court this spring that he had distanced himself from extremist ideology and violence.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

I distanced myself from games in the village and sat behind houses, staring into the open space until my migraines temporarily subsided.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

Much like COVID-era social distancing rules, this will lower the risk of H5N1 transmission by keeping birds separate.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

The package had arrived only minutes earlier, so it was pretty clear she wanted to scope out her new neighbors, and during a time of social distancing, this was the perfect excuse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

McIntosh told BBC Wales that he was also distancing himself from the comment.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

That distancing has diminished modern perceptions of her talents and importance, as compared with, most obviously, her better-recorded friend and disciple Bessie Smith.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

They had created an investment approach that harnessed their talent for distancing themselves from other people’s convictions; to find such great conviction in themselves was new and uncomfortable.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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