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
Last week, when his wife Romelle sued in Los Angeles for separate maintenance, Jimmy unexpectedly began to look like the Rubi of the Roosevelts.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were no divorce laws on the Islands in the eighteenth century, not even an act for separate maintenance; but Mary Fawcett was a woman of resource.
From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
