1
as in objectivity
lack of favoritism toward one side or another
the judge showed commendable detachment when deciding the controversial case
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2
as in patrol
a small military unit with a special task or function
the general sent a detachment ahead to scout the enemy's position
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as in coldness
the absence of emotional involvement
his detachment allowed him a clearer perspective on the child custody case
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Recent Examples of detachment
Or maybe they’ve been reunited physically on the big screen but are not fully over their detachment.
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Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Ripa then related the feeling of detachment to Live's recent relocation from the show's old New York City studio space to a new one in Manhattan.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Create a safe place to practice independence so that the inevitable detachment from you is not too difficult, suggests Miller.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 18 Apr. 2025
In the workplace, unprocessed loss can look like disengagement, burnout, detachment, or decreased productivity.
—Tess Brigham, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Ripa then related the feeling of detachment to Live's recent relocation from the show's old New York City studio space to a new one in Manhattan.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Create a safe place to practice independence so that the inevitable detachment from you is not too difficult, suggests Miller.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 18 Apr. 2025
In the workplace, unprocessed loss can look like disengagement, burnout, detachment, or decreased productivity.
—Tess Brigham, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detachment
Noun
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Unlike any other mode of communication, mathematics offers a starting point rooted not in emotion or partisanship, but in objectivity — where evidence, data and reason lead the conversation.—
Vicki Abeles,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
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Clooney enjoins his comrades to feel justified in twisting journalism from objectivity to partisanship.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 Apr. 2025
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Randy Haight – at the time a young patrol officer who was at the crime scene — met his partner at the hospital.—
Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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Some have expressed concerns that patrol officers would be taken out of the field to backfill certain desk jobs.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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When confronted by government intimidation driven by personal ideological agendas instead of the public good, silence is complicity—not neutrality.—
Eric Reinhart,
Scientific American,
1 May 2025
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Because in a culture that still debates the validity of gender recognition certificates, silence isn’t neutrality.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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An infantry battalion of Arkansas volunteers would be used to man forts in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and at Fort Smith, releasing the regular troops from those posts, and a second unit of Arkansans would serve as cavalry in Mexico.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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Those could include a Stryker battalion with two companies of Stryker vehicles, a tank battalion and two companies of tanks, an infantry battalion with Bradley vehicles, Paladin artillery vehicles, Howitzers and infantry vehicles.—
Lolita C. Baldor,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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In the play’s most striking image, the dead sit in the Grover’s Corners graveyard in rows—rather like a theatre audience—watching the living with quiet dispassion.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2024
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Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2024
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As a consequence, its countries are practiced in the art of strategic hedging and are predisposed to neutralism and nonalignment, owing to their colonial histories.—
David Shambaugh,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Dec. 2020
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India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.—
Erez Manela,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Dec. 2021
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The first squadron was created in 2024 by relocating nine F-16 fighter jets from Kunsan Air Base to Osan Air Base, which originally had 22 Fighting Falcons.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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They are believed to be part of the USS Enterprise's bombing squadron, which landed aboard the USS Yorktown after a successful attack on a Japanese carrier ship.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Bucky is helping Yelena lead the team, which is apparently now locked in a copyright battle with Sam Wilson, who seems to want to start his own non-governmental Avengers squad.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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The Dutch team are one of the best two squads in the sport.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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“Detachment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detachment. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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