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separate

[sep-uh-rayt, sep-er-it] / ˈsɛp əˌreɪt, ˈsɛp ər ɪt /






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The legislation put forward in Congress on Friday was divided into two separate decrees.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Smith and pitching coach Mark Prior came out for separate mound visits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Lagos, for its part, still retains its own, separate fashion week.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Because γ-Fe and α-Fe form under different conditions and behave differently magnetically, each could potentially record information from separate stages of lunar impact events.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

There is not a dump or landfill to take our trash to and so we separate it— organic, inorganic—and deal with it ourselves.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

In June, business applications from Gen Z customers grew disproportionately from a year earlier, Bowley said, as did payments to open limited-liability companies, a business structure that separates personal and financial assets and liabilities.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

“One thing that separates him from a lot of other leaders ... he’s the same person, each and every day, consistently great at everything he does,” said reserve quarterback DJ Uiagalelei.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Liquid chromatography separates the many different chemicals in a mixture so that researchers can study them individually.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

But what separates Factory from other AI coding tools is it is creating an AI-agent developer for enterprises, rather than an AI-assisted tool that enhances the work of individual human engineers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The walls are bookcases to the ceiling, boxes of pamphlets and separates, books of all kinds, dictionaries, encyclopedias, poetry, plays.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

Hepburn, then known as Audrey Ruston-Hepburn, arrived in the village after her parents separated.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

A baby separated from his mother during a critical window of his development.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Corteva itself was a spinoff, having separated from DowDuPont in 2019.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

A police barricade separated him from Ms. Townsend and other spectators outside his house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He could not rest now, when only twenty-nine miles separated him from rescue for his men.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

In a Friday post on X, Pope Leo took a definitive stance separating human capabilities from those of AI.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

“With our board’s approval we are now one step closer to our goal of separating our Knicks and Rangers businesses into two distinct public companies,” Dolan said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Paul Turner of Birmingham is separating himself from all City Section receivers with his big-play catching ability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Those delays can be especially damaging during an outbreak, when identifying cases quickly is essential for separating infected people from others and finding anyone who may have been exposed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Discovering that Bert had valuable experience as a metalworker, he pulled Bert from the line, separating him from his parents.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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