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separation

[sep-uh-ray-shuhn] / ˌsɛp əˈreɪ ʃən /


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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

But geographic separation is not the only mechanism that can drive the formation of new species.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 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 sudden silence, and the separation from the din outside, is a relief.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

"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

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

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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