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separate

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






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Deficits and inflation, treated so far as separate and distinct, may feed off each other.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

In one encounter alone, Juno detected 206 separate microwave pulses.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

This partly explains the volatility of the Korean market that has now recorded nine separate days of more than 5% gains in 2026 alone.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

There was a person who said, “Yeah, let’s go with that,” and that person has this, unfortunately, very common ability to separate themselves from their own humanity or root against it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“Then why did you separate Ginny and Dickie?”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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