as in splits
to set or force apart
in your head you need to divorce your wishes and fantasies from the realities of the world as it is
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Recent Examples of divorces
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
The system recognizes that poor outcomes are inevitable, and divorces the compensation process from any judgment of any one physician or hospital’s actions.
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Vamsi Aribindi,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
McEntire played Reba Hart, a divorced mom who tries to keep her family together after her husband divorces her for his dental hygienist.
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Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
Victory disease divorces military excellence from political wisdom and strategic discipline.
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Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
The system recognizes that poor outcomes are inevitable, and divorces the compensation process from any judgment of any one physician or hospital’s actions.
—
Vamsi Aribindi,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
McEntire played Reba Hart, a divorced mom who tries to keep her family together after her husband divorces her for his dental hygienist.
—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divorces
Noun
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Acceptance is a huge part of recovering from breakups.
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Ben Silverstone gives a moving performance as teenage Steven, who spends the film fighting bullies and breakups on the path to self-acceptance.
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During auditions, judges focus on dance technique, high kicks, splits, showmanship, personal appearance, energy, enthusiasm, poise, figure and personality, per the DCC's website.
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That splits the game into four chunks—and has split opinion.
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The trailer teased screaming matches, tears, accusations of betrayal and clear dissolutions of multiple relationships — both romantic and platonic.
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There could be more dissolutions and consolidations in the future.
Verb
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What divides them is the type of finance work being transformed.
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Defections across the land border that divides the peninsula are relatively rare, as the area is densely forested, ridden with landmines and monitored by soldiers on both sides.
Noun
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As the country heads toward a national election, the leader once celebrated as a healer is now viewed by critics as the main driver of these schisms.
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Given the schisms, some in the GOP believe only a single party-line bill may end up passing before November.
Verb
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The most common way to enrich uranium is by spinning uranium gas in a centrifuge, where lighter U-235 separates from the heavier U-238.
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This is the moment that separates a financial exit from an actual exit.
Noun
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In 2016, a multifault event — the Kaikōura earthquake in New Zealand — took people by surprise, says Goldfinger, and changed scientists' understanding of how interconnected faults can trigger multiple ruptures.
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Though earthquakes can cause dramatic ground movement — tearing ruptures in land and moving larger areas by several inches — such movement is typically more localized than the country-long seismic event detected by Park and her colleagues.
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Once the aircraft reaches the runway, the TaxiBot disconnects.
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Once the plane is in position, TaxiBot disconnects and the aircraft proceeds with takeoff as normal.
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“Divorces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divorces. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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