separation
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And Tesla advisers have discussed possible options for a separation, including a spinoff, sale or closure, another person said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Lawyers say a desire to avoid repeating the pain of a previous separation, or the messy splits that they saw their parents go through, is a prime motivation for many couples.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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
Another question was whether the dramatic increase in SK Group's value since the couple's separation, on the cusp of the AI boom, should be reflected in the asset division.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Our extended separation has so far improved my devotion to Anatole, my French grammar, and my ability to live with uncertainty.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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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
“This is one of the more important industrial separations, not because it is dramatic, but because it makes sense,” says The Edge research founder Jim Osman.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
This has been the case since the dawn of mobile devices and algorithmic personalization, but forced separations may have turned curt, unexplained goodbyes into a perceived relationship norm.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
The result was that the wives stayed in the villages, seeing their husbands every five years or so if they were lucky—though sometimes there were longer separations, as with Mother and Father.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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