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separate

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






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Including a separate pre-IPO private placement, around 203.7 million shares were sold by both shareholders, representing 10% of SBI Funds Management’s total shares.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

It is whether in some cities, there are communities of different culture, ethnicity and even language, residing right next to each other but living totally separate lives.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Crack each of the remaining 4 eggs into a separate small bowl.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

They hope the findings will encourage researchers and policymakers to examine aquatic oxygen loss alongside climate change, pollution, biodiversity decline and other pressures on the planet rather than treating it as a separate problem.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

He sold two feuding families a timeshare agreement for using the washing house on separate days.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

NIRSpec separates infrared light into its component wavelengths, allowing scientists to determine how gas is moving, what it is made of, and how its properties vary across a region.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

Here’s what separates artificial intelligence from every prior technological disruption in American history: We know what’s coming before it arrives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The rupture, Schmitz said, raced up from the valley down to the sea, where movement was transferred to the San Sebastián fault, which separates the Caribbean plate from the South American plate.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

That distinction is what separates these trips from ordinary vacations.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

Judgment matters: it is what separates winners from losers.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Although not quite a situation of being separated at birth, this Asa still poses a similar challenge for Yuru.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

This gave them a more accurate way to trace how koala populations expanded, contracted and separated over thousands of years.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

They could also address an unsuccessful attempt by Donaldson's lawyers to have his trial separated from the trial of the facts of his wife, Eleanor Donaldson.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

He was speaking after workers used a crane to remove the metal gates that had long separated La Linea from Gibraltar.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Teresita and I hug each other as if we’ve been separated for years.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

The lesson is that hype and quality are not the same thing, and public markets have a way of separating them.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

They showed fewer signs of separating or becoming unusually thick.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

Dawn Rhodes's death followed the end of the couple's relationship, and they were in the process of separating after revelations of infidelity.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Even so, when Paul told me that he and his partner were separating, my jaw hit the ground, taking a stray piece of grilled chicken with it.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

But in reality, an invisible line ran down the middle of Berlin, separating the communist East from the capitalist West.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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