separation

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Batula and Cooke announced their separation in January on Instagram amid rumors that the pair was no longer living together.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

What ultimately led to her downfall, I think, were the separation of powers and the Fifth and Sixth amendments.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

“We want to look at the interconnection rather than the separation of art and people, so everything here plays into that idea,” Govan said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The company, for example, called the separation of the roles of broker, exchange, and custodian into different firms a “a legacy of a paper-based system” unnecessary in the tokenized universe.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

And, of course, he felt he had more than enough administrative experience in large projects to oversee electromagnetic separation, plutonium, and the chain-reaction pile without overstretching himself.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik