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separation

[sep-uh-ray-shuhn] / ˌsɛp əˈreɪ ʃən /


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Noboa’s government plans to hand back oversight of the prisons to the country’s penitentiary agency, with new cellphone-signal jammers, increased intelligence and the separation of violent inmates from minor offenders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

But now he’s gone and with him the MCU’s church and state separation of “real” and “artificial.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Young veterans in particular are more likely to fall behind on debt payments, such as car loans, in the months following their separation from the military, according to USAA.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Traditionally, researchers have assumed that effective molecular separation requires a membrane covered with an extremely thin, specialized coating.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

There need be no relation between the distance through the wormhole and the separation of its ends in the nearly flat background.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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

ProPublica followed multiple families through their sudden separations — examining the moment itself and its aftermath — and found a wide variety of outcomes for the children.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026

Moving between Washington and Montpelier meant frequent separations from Fanny and their children: Felix, William, Frances, John, and Franklin.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis


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