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separation

[sep-uh-ray-shuhn] / ˌsɛp əˈreɪ ʃən /


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The AI era may force a separation between undergraduate liberal-arts education and research-focused graduate education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Upon completion of the separation, Abbott shareholders will own shares in both Abbott and the independent nutrition company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Smith said before the vote that if voters chose the first option, a referendum on separation would not be held - at least, not while she was in power.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

People who knew the artist from one world didn’t necessarily know about the other — a divide that Gray’s wife, artist Kyungmi Shin, likened to the separation between church and state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

I don’t know if the separation is permanent, if one day I will find a way back, but it has brought me peace.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

And just a few weeks ago, civil rights lawyers joined with parents’ and children’s advocates to bring landmark class-action litigation to end illegal family separations.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

The membranes could also benefit pharmaceutical production, where highly accurate separations are critical for product quality and manufacturing efficiency.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

“This is one of the more important industrial separations, not because it is dramatic, but because it makes sense,” says The Edge research founder Jim Osman.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

ProPublica followed multiple families through their sudden separations — examining the moment itself and its aftermath — and found a wide variety of outcomes for the children.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026

The Grants have been married for more than twenty years and have endured many long separations due to military life.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly


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