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socially distant en · ADJ
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(neologism) Maintaining a certain distance between at least two people to contain the spread of an infectious disease.
[headline] Should I Bankroll my New, Socially Distant Girlfriend?
2020 April 9, Philip Galanes, “Should I Bankroll my New, Socially Distant Girlfriend?”, in New York Times, page ST 6:Macron's first trip outside France since the coronavirus pandemic highlighted the new rules of socially-distant diplomacy as the normally tactile pair posed two metres apart for photos.
2020 June 18, Guy Faulconbridge, William James, “Brexit deadline looms over day of Anglo-French solidarity”, in The Guardian:Social distancing is the act of curtailing public interactions.
What could be more socially distant than the automobile?
2020 March 18, Andrew Clark, “Driving in the time of COVID-19”, in The Globe and Mail, Online edition, Toronto:Churches are built for their acoustics, so when Tariro told our Narrative Projects team about these socially distant choirs, we wondered: What does that sound like?
2021 May 16, Marcelle Hopkins, “Lasers, a Drone and 31 Mics: How We Created a 3-D Experience of Hearing a Choir”, in New York Times, page A2:
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social distance · social distancing