separation
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However, the president will not be at any of the Pope's Masses, largely to avoid breaching France's strict separation of state and religion.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
According to the proposed reconstruction, the sect likely used the calendar during its early history, when disagreements over religious dates contributed to its separation from the Jerusalem establishment.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
SpaceX has also said the primary goal for Starship’s Super Heavy booster is to execute a successful launch, ascent and stage separation, followed by a boostback burn and landing burn in the Gulf of Mexico.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
“We looked specifically at meows in two contexts: separation from their human in an unfamiliar environment, and then the human’s return,” Schwartz says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
By using the compasses set with this separation to step off distances marked on paper, he could estimate the angular separation of the two objects on the sky at that time.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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There's only one drawback: "long separations from the family during assignments," he says from Kosovo, where he is helping install a wind farm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 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
The republic brings with it constitutional limits, separations of power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 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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