separation
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Bisignano ran into problems with his old firm when he recruited a number of JPMorgan executives to join him at First Data, which JPMorgan said violated his separation agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The separation has existed because both institutions require protection from each other.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
SpaceX will aspire the next time around to execute a launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn and landing burn of the booster offshore without hiccups.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
The separation in the draw meant that Spain could not meet Argentina before the final.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
At last it was the hour when their year-long separation would end.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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There's only one drawback: "long separations from the family during assignments," he says from Kosovo, where he is helping install a wind farm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
Death is not the only source of lasting pain, of course: Ms. Carr writes with touching power of the divorce-related family separations of her own girlhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
And Nigeria is not a nation of people with food allergies, not a nation of picky eaters for whom food is about distinctions and separations.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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