- present tense form of separate (3rd person singular).
separates
Example Sentences
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Relatives of victims enter a lottery process to attend the proceedings in a high-security courtroom, where thick glass separates them and members of the press from the defendants.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Anak Krakatoa, which means Child of Krakatoa, sits in a strait that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 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
Utah uses global revenue to calculate its thresholds for taxation, while the Illinois law separates digital from other forms of advertising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
We must not fall prey to the kind of thinking that separates us.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
