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present participle of separate.

separating

ADVERB

between

Synonyms

STRONG

betwixt

WEAK

amid amidst among at intervals bounded by centrally located enclosed by halfway in in the middle in the midst of in the seam in the thick of inserted interpolated intervening medially mid midway

NOUN

choosing

Synonyms

STRONG

culling deciding electing picking

WEAK

choice election exercising judgment making a choice making up one's mind option selection

NOUN

division

Synonyms

STRONGEST

distribution

STRONG

analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjuncture dismemberment dissolution disunion divorce parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection severance subdivision vivisection

WEAK

breaking down breaking up contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance distinguishing disuniting dividing rending splitting up

Antonyms

STRONG

attachment combination connection union

WEAK

accord agreement juncture system unification unison unity whole

NOUN

selecting

Synonyms

STRONG

appointing culling denominating determining electing indicating isolating picking

WEAK

appointment choice denomination determination election isolation selection separation

NOUN

severance

Synonyms

STRONG

analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjunction disjuncture dismemberment dissolution distribution disunion divorce divorcement parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection separation split subdivision vivisection

WEAK

breaking down breaking up contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance disseverment distinguishing disuniting dividing rending splitting up

Antonyms

STRONG

attachment closing closure combination connection juncture marriage union

NOUN

threshing

Synonyms

STRONG

beating flailing garnering harvesting sifting treading winnowing

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It turns trading decisions into a learning process by separating skill from luck and highlighting patterns in both good and bad outcomes.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

Many industrial activities depend on separating different substances from one another.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

The proposal, he said, did not erode the identities of Llantwit Major and Llanmaes as a road between them provided a "strong physical separating function".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Like those moments, Caligiuri’s goal was so transformational it became the line separating the present from the past, the ancient from the modern.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

His fingers investigate my scalp, lifting and separating the hair.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

separating

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