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
In Chicago, Abbe Lane, featured singer with the Xavier Cugat band, and the cause of a separate maintenance suit filed by Mrs. Cugat, told the court her side of the story.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alimony is an allowance that the law gives the woman for her separate maintenance upon living from her husband.
From Hudibras by Butler, Samuel
