separated

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When two objects are separated by an extremely small distance, only a few hundred nanometers, heat can travel between them much more efficiently than it does under ordinary conditions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

A former British soldier has recounted the moment he became separated from a Nepali mountain guide as they were descending Mount Everest.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Polls show Sanchez and Fujimori separated by only a few percentage points, with crime and insecurity dominating voter concerns.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The town has separated the duties, said Mayor Donna Kiger, a real-estate agent elected to the town board in 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Over the course of the decade, a series of space missions confirmed that the idea of having a launch vehicle that separated from the mother ship would, in fact, work.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson