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separate

[sep-uh-rayt, sep-er-it] / ˈsɛp əˌreɪt, ˈsɛp ər ɪt /






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Last month, applications opened for a separate means-tested scheme to provide a £100 voucher to some heating oil users.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Smith and pitching coach Mark Prior came out for separate mound visits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Lagos, for its part, still retains its own, separate fashion week.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Because γ-Fe and α-Fe form under different conditions and behave differently magnetically, each could potentially record information from separate stages of lunar impact events.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

It was only a matter of time before the two groups, bringing word of separate attacks, met in the streets.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

In June, business applications from Gen Z customers grew disproportionately from a year earlier, Bowley said, as did payments to open limited-liability companies, a business structure that separates personal and financial assets and liabilities.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The choice of cathode material, or how the electrolyte – which separates cathode and anode – is formulated are key details influencing the performance and longevity of sodium ion batteries.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The biggest change is at the Amalfi’s front end, where a mesh grille separates the car’s nose from its scimitar-shaped chin spoiler.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The blood-brain barrier is a tightly controlled protective boundary that separates circulating blood from brain tissue.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The soldiers are another force that separates us.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

A baby separated from his mother during a critical window of his development.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Corteva itself was a spinoff, having separated from DowDuPont in 2019.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

A police barricade separated him from Ms. Townsend and other spectators outside his house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Seeing the energy and setup of the place, it became easy to imagine that if you got separated at this thing, that would be wild,” Owen recalled viscerally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The French masters had separated slaves who spoke the same African language, so in secret they had fashioned their own common tongue in order to communicate more effectively.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

In a Friday post on X, Pope Leo took a definitive stance separating human capabilities from those of AI.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The U.S. bond market reversed course Thursday, as investors started separating perceived winners from losers among the debt of developed countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Stroke research has traditionally focused on separating beneficial inflammation from harmful inflammation and finding ways to suppress the damaging forms.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Paul Turner of Birmingham is separating himself from all City Section receivers with his big-play catching ability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Then I pulled back the blanket separating our side of the room from the Luftigs' side, and I saw that he had left something else.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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