separate out
phrasal verb
separated out; separating out; separates out
: to remove (someone or something) from a group
Before you put out the trash, you have to separate out the bottles and cans.
Most schools separate out children with learning problems.
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During plasma exchange, clinicians draw blood, then separate out and discard its plasma.
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Jamie Ducharme, Health, 6 June 2025
The researchers removed the birds’ flight muscles (which required euthanizing them) and separated out the mitochondria.
—Elizabeth Landau, Quanta Magazine, 19 May 2025
According to Kara Garrett, Cal Fire deputy state fire marshal specialist, Ramona falls under the unincorporated areas of the maps, which are not separated out by the various towns.
—Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
The team first crushes the rocks into fine grains and separates out the zircons using dense liquids and magnetic fields.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
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Jamie Ducharme, Health, 6 June 2025
The researchers removed the birds’ flight muscles (which required euthanizing them) and separated out the mitochondria.
—Elizabeth Landau, Quanta Magazine, 19 May 2025
According to Kara Garrett, Cal Fire deputy state fire marshal specialist, Ramona falls under the unincorporated areas of the maps, which are not separated out by the various towns.
—Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
The team first crushes the rocks into fine grains and separates out the zircons using dense liquids and magnetic fields.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for separate out
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“Separate out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/separate%20out. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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