as in divides
to set or force apart
disjoined the two drinking glasses, which were stuck together, only with the greatest difficulty
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Tennessee's General Assembly approved a new congressional map on May 7 that splits Memphis and divides the city's majority Black voters into neighboring districts, intended to eliminate that state’s last Democratic congressional seat.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
8 May 2026 -
The guidance divides defensible space into zones, with vegetation management increasing closer to structures.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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That, in the end, is what separates productive worry from the kind that hollows you out.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
8 May 2026
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Trucks hauling dirt and bulldozers and backhoes tearing into the earth were visible across the two-lane road that separates her from the data center site.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Critics have argued the skyway makes the challenge of filling empty storefronts doubly difficult, as second-floor retail effectively splits a dwindling customer and retail base between two levels.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2026
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The new map splits 19 counties, instead of the 17 that were split in the 2022-2024 map, Long said, and splits 30 cities, instead of 16 in the previous map.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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This isolates the engine from the rest of the plane and disconnects the left generator.—
James Glanz,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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If the voltage continues to drop further for any reason, the main contactor disconnects the entire system and safeguards the battery.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Disjoins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjoins. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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