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separate

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






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Crews are installing boulders to separate the roadway from the waves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

There is also a separate guesthouse and a pool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

This arrangement allows different parts of the LC to influence separate brain functions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Funds contributed before the marriage, after your legal separation or received as an inheritance are usually regarded as separate property.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Kat knew to look for that because Mother always insisted they separate in an airport.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

The MDL is the border within the DMZ that separates the two countries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The new approach instead separates information from different regions, allowing researchers to identify atmospheric variations that would otherwise be concealed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

A sewage canal, twenty feet wide, separates them from the rails.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Others were separated from their families after their parents, infected with the virus, were transferred to Ebola treatment centres.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Price and Hayler separated in 2018, and later divorced in 2021.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“After verification, your ballot is separated from the return envelope before counting. The envelope barcode tracks your ballot’s return, not your voting choices.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Remarkably, the separated corals still returned to full health within seven weeks, the same amount of time required by corals that remained connected throughout the experiment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

A young walrus had been separated from her family.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

They constantly change shape, joining together into larger networks or separating into smaller units.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

By separating resistance from the fluid itself from the confinement imposed by channel walls, the researchers could investigate viscosity without the additional mechanical interference that complicates conventional experiments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

S&P Global’s seasonally adjusted flash Australia PMI composite output index fell to 47.7 in October from 51.3 in September, dropping below the neutral 50 mark separating growth from contraction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Fuller said it would consider separating certain businesses and plans to complete a market check by the end of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

He pressed his back against the wall separating the kitchen from the dining room, and stood still.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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