separation
Example Sentences
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In one respect, that’s the whole of the movie encapsulated, as we encounter a family of five living in the wake of a separation.
From Los Angeles Times
During his separation from Gates’s private office, Nikolic said that “Epstein inserted himself as a mediator and then used lies to pursue his own agenda.”
New hires in December totaled 5.29 million, but they were offset by 5.25 million separations — layoffs, job quitters, retirements, deaths and so forth.
From MarketWatch
This separation allows their phase and dispersion properties to be controlled independently.
From Science Daily
The idea, said people close to Beijing, is that separation from the U.S. is acceptable as long as China remains firmly connected to the rest of the world.
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