- present tense form of separate (3rd person singular).
separates
Example Sentences
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Anak Krakatau, which means Child of Krakatau, sits in a strait that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
No provider separates the companies buying for themselves from the hosts renting the same chips out again, so the proportion is unknown from outside, and the market prices it as though the answer were zero.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Utah uses global revenue to calculate its thresholds for taxation, while the Illinois law separates digital from other forms of advertising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
"When that is the focus, there's more that we have in common than we have that separates us," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
More quickly: The child who learns to read about his nonliterate ancestors necessarily separates himself from their way of life.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
