- present participle of distance.
distancing
Example Sentences
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In early 2023, another push began to revive the series while also distancing itself from Cosby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
McIntosh told BBC Wales that he was also distancing himself from the comment.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
If anything, this trajectory of former colonies distancing themselves from their onetime imperial masters is familiar to those of other empires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Each time he had given those unsettling warnings, he had been airing out his own trauma, distancing himself from it by reducing it to a cautionary tale.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
