- present participle of distance.
distancing
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Tens of thousands of people defied social distancing rules to bid farewell to him as he lay in state at the presidential palace.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
At the time of Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest, the King said the "law must take its course", and the Palace is now distancing itself from the former Duke of York's legal pushback.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Kim’s campaign pushed back on the notion that she is distancing herself from Trump, calling it “completely absurd.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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
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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