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One connects separate server racks across a data center, known as “scale out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Guibergia, who has been in the business for 25 years, said he planned to pick the grapes and turn them into wine in several separate batches to help limit damage from any contaminated fruit.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The new study, published in Nature Communications, indicates that sperm cooperation occurs widely among arthropods and has evolved many separate times.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Real have held a long-term interest in signing the player, but two separate sources told BBC Sport on Thursday that Spanish champions Barcelona have joined the race for his signature.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
He saw five separate fires in different parts of Beaverville.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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What separates him is how he knits attacks together.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
MarketWatch: What separates a bold investment from a reckless one?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
A spectrum separates light into its component wavelengths, allowing astronomers to investigate the chemistry and motion of distant objects.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Like a Cat Loves a Bird” separates Spark’s character into 13 personae, each one highlighting an element of her writing that seems to color that part of her personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Hence seven years’ distance in time and focus now separates me from GGS’s writing.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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For months, he was separated from his family and faced deportation.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
"Two of my brother's friends called me on Friday to tell me that they had left the day before, but he pulled a muscle and they were separated," said Abdellatif, 27.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Flouting the Senate’s authority, Caesar crossed the Rubicon, the river that separated territories directly under Rome’s control from the province of Cisalpine Gaul, at the head of an army in 49 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Ceuta, on Morocco's northern coast, is separated from mainland Spain by the Strait of Gibraltar and has long been a focal point for migrants attempting to reach Europe.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
And Jews were being rounded up and separated from the rest of the population.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
In the second quarter, the company worked to make its AI lending models better at separating low-risk customers from high-risk customers, according to CEO Paul Gu.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Everybody longs for connections, even though the world we live in is separating us as fast as possible,” said Pascal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Roberts, who has also talked about separating the visit from politics, kept his review brief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Child psychologists had previously told the BBC that separating young children from their caregivers could have a lifelong impact on their mental health.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
There are two plastic frogs shooting water from their mouths, a miniature playground rising from the shallow water, and a padlocked fence separating the kid area from the actual lake.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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