separate maintenance
Example Sentences
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The separate maintenance loan is intended to cover accommodation, food, books and equipment.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
Students in Northern Ireland from less well-off backgrounds can also get a separate maintenance grant of up to £3,475, depending on their household income.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025
Most inspection reports will separate maintenance work from more pressing matters.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022
After eleven years of marriage, wife Nancy won a separate maintenance suit and a third of Frankie's $1,000,000-a-year income.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of them, the eldest, was killed in a fight, and the other, the younger, had a proud wife, and did not obey his father, and his father had to give him a separate maintenance.
From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
