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separate

[sep-uh-reyt, sep-er-it] / ˈsɛp əˌreɪt, ˈsɛp ər ɪt /






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Some couples fear they will be forced to separate - and some families have already been divided.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Within three days of the July attack, Iran released high-resolution images showing damage to three separate areas of the base.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Upon arrival, the Fire Department located five separate spot fires, all about five feet in diameter.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

With her first cookbook “Homemade” set for its nationwide release in October, she is redoubling her efforts to separate her image from one that’s becoming less commercially appealing by the moment.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

On Oakland’s fringe there was a neighborhood, masquerading as an entirely separate town, called Rockridge.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Two medieval castles face each other—one on each side of the river that separates Estonia from Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

No glass separates gawkers from seven full-size, screen-used vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Anak Krakatau, which means Child of Krakatau, sits in a strait that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

No provider separates the companies buying for themselves from the hosts renting the same chips out again, so the proportion is unknown from outside, and the market prices it as though the answer were zero.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

He’d know about the curtain in the living room that separates Peter’s “room” from mine.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

The first step toward that phase of the mission occurred on September 3, 2026, when both probes were separated from the transport module.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

If you separated from service in or after the year you turned 55, the Rule of 55 may excuse that penalty entirely.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

"Our facilities and infrastructure for firefighting are very limited," he told AFP, standing on the smouldering embers of a peatland fire separated from a residential settlement by a narrow dirt road.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Being separated from the sometimes "extreme" Italian fanbase can only work in Antonelli's favour, believes Valsecchi.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

A moment later, a freight train thundered past on the other side of the broken fence that separated the tracks from this junkyard.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

She and a dozen colleagues don cotton gloves, roll up their sleeves and plant themselves on cheap plastic stools for the task of separating out the valuable, intact mushrooms from the busted ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Each ion can interact with both DNA molecules at once, forming a bridge across the space separating them and helping hold the two strands in alignment.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

The jet then tore through a perimeter fence, bashing an SUV traveling on a public road and hitting a second fence line separating an area where robotaxis were parked, she said.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

Nvidia has started reporting its data-center sales in two parts, separating the large cloud providers from everyone else.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

I was slowly separating from my parents, gradually less inclined to blurt every last thought in my head.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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