as in divided
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 divorced
Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
Father and daughter later became estranged after Billy Ray and Tish divorced.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Apr. 2026
The series, which stars and is executive produced by Hamm, follows his character, a divorced and jobless hedge fund manager who turns to robbing his wealthy neighbors in an affluent suburb.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
For divorced parents sharing child care responsibilities, compliance can become complicated if each household separately employs caregivers.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Omar, 38, eventually married Hirsi legally in a 2018 ceremony before the two divorced after it was alleged that Omar was having an affair with her chief fundraiser Tim Mynett, who denied the claim.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026
Like a divorced couple that can’t quite quit each other – or, maybe more accurately, a couple that deserves each other – LSU and Will Wade are back together after managing to make their reunion even messier than their very conscious uncoupling.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
What especially spoke to Voros was the storyline with Abby, Stacy’s older, divorced daughter — and mother to Bridgette (Miller) and younger sister Macy (Pollack) — who is played by Garrett.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 22 Mar. 2026
The narrator is fifty years old and divorced.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
More broadly, the shift away from US global leadership would accelerate, with America increasingly divorced from an international framework.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2026
For starters, she is divorced from Offset and is a new mom with a different man.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
But can performing excavation be completely divorced from today's political realities?
—Seth Doane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Yes, ever since Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus divorced, their kids have pretty much been picking sides.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Apr. 2026
During her childhood, her family moved from Everett, Washington, to Los Angeles, though her parents soon after divorced.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
That’s why her husband never divorced her.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The supercut focuses mainly on the actress, who was married eight times to seven different men (she wed and divorced Richard Burton twice) and died in 2011 at the age of 79.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Sutton Foster stars as Liza Miller, a divorced Gen X mom with a serious resume gap and tuition bills due for her daughter’s education.
—Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
Father and daughter later became estranged after Billy Ray and Tish divorced.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Apr. 2026
The series, which stars and is executive produced by Hamm, follows his character, a divorced and jobless hedge fund manager who turns to robbing his wealthy neighbors in an affluent suburb.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
For divorced parents sharing child care responsibilities, compliance can become complicated if each household separately employs caregivers.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Omar, 38, eventually married Hirsi legally in a 2018 ceremony before the two divorced after it was alleged that Omar was having an affair with her chief fundraiser Tim Mynett, who denied the claim.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026
Like a divorced couple that can’t quite quit each other – or, maybe more accurately, a couple that deserves each other – LSU and Will Wade are back together after managing to make their reunion even messier than their very conscious uncoupling.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
What especially spoke to Voros was the storyline with Abby, Stacy’s older, divorced daughter — and mother to Bridgette (Miller) and younger sister Macy (Pollack) — who is played by Garrett.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 22 Mar. 2026
The narrator is fifty years old and divorced.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
The pair divorced after he was arrested.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
More broadly, the shift away from US global leadership would accelerate, with America increasingly divorced from an international framework.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2026
For starters, she is divorced from Offset and is a new mom with a different man.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
But can performing excavation be completely divorced from today's political realities?
—Seth Doane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Yes, ever since Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus divorced, their kids have pretty much been picking sides.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Apr. 2026
During her childhood, her family moved from Everett, Washington, to Los Angeles, though her parents soon after divorced.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
That’s why her husband never divorced her.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The supercut focuses mainly on the actress, who was married eight times to seven different men (she wed and divorced Richard Burton twice) and died in 2011 at the age of 79.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divorced
Adjective
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The collaboration aims to create a recycling system at MP Materials' Mountain Pass refinery, where MP Materials will recycle end-of-life and other magnet materials to make separated oxides.—
Brit McCandless Farmer,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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In actuality, washing rice removes excess starch, dust, and debris to ultimately help the grains to be more separated and fluffy, rather than sticky.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In Budapest ahead of the vote, people were divided on whether Orbán’s long political rule could really come to an end.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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Dining on one popular cruise ship is getting a comfort-food shakeup — and passengers are divided over the change.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Guardians answered with another three runs in the bottom half of the inning to hand the Cubs a 6-5 loss to split Sunday’s doubleheader.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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The housing project will be split into two phases, starting with Declan Research Park, according to Flournoy’s website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Bee reached out to the restaurant for comment, but the number had been disconnected.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
April 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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His philanthropy has made significant progress, but without a consistent eye towards racial injustice and how political programs like Project 2025 have impacted poor Black working-class communities, his philanthropy risks becoming disconnected from systemic racial injustice.—
Essence,
Essence,
2 Apr. 2026
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