DIVORCING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

divorcing

verb

present participle of divorce

as in separating

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 divorcing Taylor and Wilding were married for nearly five years before divorcing in 1957. —

Jessica Booth, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 The couple married in 1985 and had a son, Bradley Knight, before divorcing in 1989. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026 The biggest is Theroux’s overly tanned and idiotic tech billionaire Benji Barnes, who is dating Emily (Emily Blunt) after recently divorcing his cool wife Sasha Barnes (Lucy Liu) and leaving her with billions. —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 May 2026 Ovard is an influencer who made waves after divorcing her husband of nearly nine years in 2024. —

Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026 And Lownie goes even further and adds that William’s feelings about Sarah Ferguson are also not very warm, despite the fact that Ferguson has been a staple of the family since William was young, even after divorcing Andrew. —

Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Apr. 2026 America, after all, was birthed by divorcing itself from Britain and King George III. —

Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026 America, after all, was birthed by divorcing itself from Britain and King George III. —

Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026

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Next, Butac arranges a bunch of the beans on two trays and roasts them for a specific amount of time before separating the shells from the beans and then running the bean fragments, also known as nibs, through a mill.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 10 May 2026
Still, robotics has a long history of inflated expectations, making many executives cautious about separating breakthrough potential from hype.

— Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026