distancing

/ˈdɪstənsɪŋ/

noun 2

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ADJ.

desperate, new, recommended, social

VERB + DISTANCING

attempts, enforce, follow, hand-washing, impacted, implement, including, meet

DISTANCING + NOUN

effort, halt, herself, himself, laws, layla, ourselves, themselves

PREP.

from, in

ADV.

naturally, socially, urgently

Definitions

noun

The process of becoming or making distant.

If you were apprehensive, you were in the good company of Dylan aficionados still grappling with the trickster mystique of the 66-year-old singer-songwriter who see the Pulitzer as another chapter in his complicated history with the establishment, an ongoing dance of distancings and détentes.

Ellipsis of social distancing.

distancing laws

new distancing rules

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If you were apprehensive, you were in the good company of Dylan aficionados still grappling with the trickster mystique of the 66-year-old singer-songwriter who see the Pulitzer as another chapter in

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distancing laws

Wiktionary

new distancing rules

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We're distancing ourselves from the rest of the family.

Tatoeba · #813091

His desperate attempts at distancing himself from his old left-wing ties have impressed no one so far.

Tatoeba · #813092

Sami started distancing herself from Layla.

Tatoeba · #7214001

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