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separate

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






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In a separate development on Friday, Poland's prosecutors opened an investigation in what they said was an arson attack on a Starlink satellite station in Wola Krobowska on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

He demonstrates how, as Catherine grew older and more devoted to religion, the court fashioned parallel households for king and queen, which “accommodated their increasingly separate and different lives.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

And for some fans, it’s hard to separate their support from the team’s success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

A separate weekly report by Freddie Mac, based on submitted mortgage applications, noted a 8-basis-point jump in the average 30-year mortgage rate to 7.03% on Thursday.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

More than once she took Maggie and Kate aside for separate questioning.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

“That’s honestly the thing that separates him. That’s pretty rare to find.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Two medieval castles face each other—one on each side of the river that separates Estonia from Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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

There's just one crown, though, and you can hear the crowd's confusion -whose head will he place it on? -until President Snow gives it a twist and it separates into two halves.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

“We have been separated for a while, and it’s proven to be the right move for us and our family unit. We’ve got each other forever—and it’s GOOD,” the pair said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Mike and Jane are separated, but maybe not that separated, despite the fact that she has a boyfriend — Campbell Scott, briefly glimpsed, as a senator — due to move in to the family house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Quantum entanglement occurs when two particles share properties in such a way that measurements of one can reveal information about the other, even when the particles are separated.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

It was at about 15:00 BST on Tuesday when he became separated from a relative while at a playground in Brantham, Suffolk.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Natalie could see other rooftops in the brief moments of full light, but they were all too far away, separated from her and the Evans family by wide, raging rivers of floodwater.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

The results indicate that the process of separating and selecting planetary ingredients began almost as soon as solid bodies started forming.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Just weeks after its trading debut, Pasqal is partnering with USA Rare Earth to find better chemicals for separating rare earths minerals.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

She and a dozen colleagues don cotton gloves, roll up their sleeves and plant themselves on cheap plastic stools for the task of separating out the valuable, intact mushrooms from the busted ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

I worked at separating the keys in her typewriter.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt




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