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separate

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






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Chop herbs, grate cheese, cut citrus wedges and assemble any salads, keeping the greens and dressing separate.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

In the opening match of five separate tours to four different countries on three continents, England's mistakes opened the door for Pakistan's Arafat Minhas to take advantage.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

For Francois Charles, mathematician and department head at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, two separate issues are playing out.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

In a separate Gartner survey, 80% of chief executives said technology now has become strategy itself, with tech at the center of conversations that drive competitiveness and enterprise direction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

I also received three separate emails from my Apptitude team members.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The MDL is the border within the DMZ that separates the two countries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Both Fida and Ismail lived close to the so-called Yellow Line that separates the areas occupied by the Israeli military in Gaza from areas controlled by Hamas in the west.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

The blood-brain barrier is a tightly controlled protective boundary that separates circulating blood from brain tissue.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

As soon as he is out of sight, the nervous crowd separates to seek out shaded areas to rest.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

By making Monday's result non-binding, she got around a court decision blocking the pro-separation petition because it failed to consult indigenous First Nations whose land would be affected if the province separated.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

His wife, who is separated from him, lived in their Manhattan apartment until 2023, when she relocated to her own apartment in Miami Beach, records show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Whether or not you think she’s guilty of fraud, she is about to be separated from her infant and toddler until they’re in grade school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Down a flight of leopard-print stairs, the lower level is home to two expansive bedroom suites, separated by a media room, which could also serve as a third bedroom.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 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

They analyzed stellar spectra, which are produced by separating light into its component wavelengths, much as a prism divides sunlight into the colors of a rainbow.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

A global children's charity has said it will not release a report that it commissioned to investigate its role in separating children from their families during Syria's civil war.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Western banks often refuse to deal at all with sanctioned entities, because of the difficulty of separating their dollar trades from transactions in other major currencies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

It comes just weeks after the Chinese-developed, Singapore-based company said it had resumed independent operations after separating from the US tech giant.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

My parents separating, the Hideout closing, the other kids hating me.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks


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