separation
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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
At the same time, certain species began showing a clear separation between the skull and shoulders, creating the first distinct necks.
From Science Daily ● 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
Reports of their separation surfaced in April 2017, and by August of that year, Carmelo had welcomed a daughter with ex Mia Burks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The separation of the speakers by migrations had effects on language comparable to the speciation observed by Darwin on various islands of Galapagos.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
"My work, my profits and my workforce have all been cut in half," he told AFP, adding that he was deeply troubled by the fear and family separations caused by immigration enforcement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
My children’s faces, whenever they asked if the sailors were OK, made me wonder how reassured those stories really made them feel during prolonged separations.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The plaintiffs are seeking a preliminary injunction to maintain the status quo of their employment pending arbitration, and to prevent Meta from completing their separations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
People look forward to weekends for connections, revisions and separations even though many of these activities are accompanied by bruises and even a spot of blood, for excitement runs high on Friday or Saturday.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing separation
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