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But some critics say it boxes Asian artists into a separate category instead of recognising them alongside global peers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
In a separate statement, Adidas said that Birgit Kretschmer will succeed Harm Ohlmeyer as chief financial officer at the end of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Many deaths feared after strong earthquake wreaks havoc in southern Japan" says the paper in a separate headline, next to a birds-eye shot of a partially fallen bridge.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Demand for mortgages to finance purchases of vacation homes has picked up considerably over the last year, according to a separate analysis of federal data by real-estate brokerage Redfin.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
We’ve reached the football fields where we go our separate ways, and we’re in the middle of saying goodbye when it happens.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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MarketWatch: What separates a bold investment from a reckless one?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
A spectrum separates light into its component wavelengths, allowing astronomers to investigate the chemistry and motion of distant objects.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
What separates Dean from the U.K. pop-soul tradition she emerged from, though, is the simple fact that she has hits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Separately on Tuesday, China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailed through the Taiwan Strait, its second voyage since December through the 100-mile-wide waterway that separates Taiwan’s main island from the Asian mainland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Surely I can understand this, and I hate it and I will fight against it to preserve the one thing that separates us from the uncreative beasts.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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I’d planned to attend the gathering as an observer, a journalist who covers careers and management, comfortable that my notebook and pen separated me from the others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
He became involved in an argument with them and they were separated by security staff.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
"There is also concern about families being separated."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
There are lots of parallels between these two stories: family members getting separated from loved ones, then turning to the courts, specifically to habeas corpus petitions, to claim that the separation is unlawful.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
In an instant, the barriers separated people from their schools and jobs, their friends and families.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Roberts, who has also talked about separating the visit from politics, kept his review brief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has also floated separating the three-nation agreement into two separate pacts—one with Mexico and one with Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
They showed fewer signs of separating or becoming unusually thick.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The goal of separating the publication of the report from our earnings results is to keep the focus on our primary financial metrics — revenue and operating profit,” Netflix said in its letter to shareholders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
I took out a few sheets and began separating them.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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