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
Here's everything to know about her life, 26 years after divorcing Michael Jackson.
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Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
The two married the following year and eventually would have three children before divorcing in 1975.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 May 2026
The couple married in 1985 and had a son, Bradley Knight, before divorcing in 1989.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
The two married the following year and eventually would have three children before divorcing in 1975.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 May 2026
The couple married in 1985 and had a son, Bradley Knight, before divorcing in 1989.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divorcing
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Storm forecasts on the horizon Hundreds or even thousands of shooting stars may be seen burning through Earth's skies each hour during one of these intense meteor storm events, though the distance separating micrometeoroids in space would still likely be measured on the order of miles.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
7 June 2026
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Every month, the site drops new fashion finds, but for the untrained eye, separating the newness from the nostalgia is no small feat.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
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Their proof involved dividing the area into polygons instead of triangles, defining a network of points and lines from those polygons and then determining the best way to color the points of that network.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
13 June 2026
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After initially dividing last month on whether to continue contracts that include two senior services providers that had engaged in disputes with the county, the OC Board of Supervisors agreed this week to extend the funding.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
11 June 2026
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Explore both options carefully, then, and don't discount the advantages of splitting your funds among both accounts, too.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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The case made its first emergency trip to the Supreme Court in February, 2022, when the Justices, splitting 5–4 (Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three liberals), overturned the lower court’s order and granted Alabama’s request that elections proceed that year under the discriminatory map.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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The disconnecting decision must be made by Centennial City Council and was approved at a recent meeting.—
Michael Abeyta,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Besides disconnecting space science communities, that could also introduce serious risks in orbit.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
9 June 2026
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“Divorcing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divorcing. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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