- present tense form of separate (3rd person singular).
separates
Example Sentences
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No glass separates gawkers from seven full-size, screen-used vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Anak Krakatau, which means Child of Krakatau, sits in a strait that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
No provider separates the companies buying for themselves from the hosts renting the same chips out again, so the proportion is unknown from outside, and the market prices it as though the answer were zero.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
What really separates England and Denmark is price.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
But there v\as nothing like fresh sweet milk, the milk you get before it separates to milk and cream.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
