Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled away
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Bridge The Leadership Gap When a critical disconnect emerges between senior management and frontline operations, executives often become increasingly detached from their workforce's day-to-day realities.—
Jessica Kriegel,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024 -
Consequently, employees have emotionally detached from their offices, or, in other words, their relationships with their workplaces have deteriorated.—
Ryan Anderson,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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Mangione then allegedly fled the city and led police on a five-day interstate manhunt, ending with his arrest in a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after workers and customers recognized him from a wanted poster.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Officers received information that the suspects fled via car and got their license plate, police said.—
Bay City News Service,
The Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2025
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The 2024 Gallup global workplace report found that 77% of workers are disengaged, with significantly high levels of stress and worry.—
Ann Kowal Smith,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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According to a recent study, employees of managers who don't have one-on-one meetings are four times as likely to be disengaged.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
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The economy has shrunk by eighty-five per cent during the civil war.—
Robin Wright,
The New Yorker,
19 Dec. 2024
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The Latino share of the population in that area, a longtime enclave for Puerto Rican families, has shrunk faster than any other group in the last two decades.—
Winnie Hu,
New York Times,
19 Dec. 2024
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Yet the portion of Americans who drink has shrunk in recent years.—
Ivana Saric,
Axios,
3 Jan. 2025
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However, commercial whaling may have shrunk their populations in certain areas, such as the northeastern North Atlantic, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Pulled away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20away. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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