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The first involved a “barbell” portfolio of semiconductor names and energy stocks, with barbell referring to a strategy of investing in two separate themes.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Dirtying three separate bowls to bread chicken cutlets on a Tuesday night.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
It also connected Ma's research with a separate investigation underway in the same laboratory, led by postdoctoral researcher Miklos Lengyel, MD, PhD.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
In a separate incident, world number one Elena Rybakina appeared to have an angry exchange with her coach before a practice session with Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
I cannot separate out what happened to the boys that night from what has become of me.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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It also separates institutions that can afford to verify their degrees from those that can’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
"It's peaceful now," the retired agent says as he stands in front of the enormous wall that separates the United States from Mexico, near the town of San Luis, Arizona.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
And the only thing that separates his experience from the tens of thousands of desperate people he left behind in the camp is the fact someone believed in him enough to give him a chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
A multinational study found that people taking these drugs were more than four times as likely to report nail detachment, a condition in which the nail separates from the skin underneath it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
He had gone to San Francisco for the books he needed and had written for a number of separates.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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The Kellogg company separated into two distinct firms in 2023.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
During the expedition, the explorers became separated into three groups, each forced to endure the Antarctic winter in a different location.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
“There were lines to get bread and milk. Our family got visas and we got out. But, I was separated from my mom for four years.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
But, outside of being born just a week or so apart before or after the 1933 deadline, little separated the Welsh pensioners his team analyzed.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
Well, we left school together, but she and I separated at the top of the road that led to our house.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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Vance's statement seemed like "a way of separating himself from Trump," said Daniel Byman, a foreign policy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
This boundary, called the horizon, would begin as a single structure before separating into two distinct branches.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
The dusk/dawn line separating the light and dark of sunlight’s path over the Earth is known as the terminator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Yaroslavsky described some of the board members as “very talented,” including its president, Steve Kang, and she acknowledges that separating aspects in the measure would have allowed a more focused conversation on public works.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
My parents separating, the Hideout closing, the other kids hating me.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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