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separation

[sep-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌsɛp əˈreɪ ʃən /


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The former first minister announced her separation from Murrell last year.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

In this essay, Sittenfeld reflects on the irony of his involuntary separation from a device that had practically become an appendage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

According to the Wall Street Journal, safety measures in such circumstances require a separation of at least 1.5 miles horizontally and 500 feet vertically.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

This marks the planet's widest visible separation from the Sun during its current appearance in the evening sky.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Without Ernest’s energy, his serene self-confidence, and his charismatic command over the scientists and engineers inventing the separation process, there would be no Y-12.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The company later described him as “a key architect of one of the largest and most complex corporate separations in business history.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

And just a few weeks ago, civil rights lawyers joined with parents’ and children’s advocates to bring landmark class-action litigation to end illegal family separations.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

The membranes could also benefit pharmaceutical production, where highly accurate separations are critical for product quality and manufacturing efficiency.

From Science Daily Jun. 12, 2026

“This is one of the more important industrial separations, not because it is dramatic, but because it makes sense,” says The Edge research founder Jim Osman.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

And Nigeria is not a nation of people with food allergies, not a nation of picky eaters for whom food is about distinctions and separations.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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