separation
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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
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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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