as in divided
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as in separated
to set or force apart
the rise of cable television ramified the audience, creating ever smaller segments for an ever growing array of programming choices
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Adjective
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What makes this push even more troubling is that the current maps were not the product of an independent commission or a divided government.—
Dan Daley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026 -
What makes this push even more troubling is that the current maps were not the product of an independent commission or a divided government.—
Dan Daley,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Fine jewelry has been separated from the trashy costume stuff.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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The first six cars of the train were separated from the rest and continued on to Penn.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Arsenal manager invoked a bed of roses and the accompaniment of celestial music and formed an expression to suggest anyone expecting that was evidently disconnected from the reality of a Premier League title race.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Once the heating process is complete, the pressure vessel is disconnected from the Mothership.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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According to the full plot description on Amazon, our protagonists have more to worry about than just severed fingers.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
19 Mar. 2026
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The inciting incident for the new story comes after the principal of the high school receives a severed human finger in the mail, sending the parents into an uproar.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Downriver from the Shoshone Falls are the Pillar Falls, a low waterfall split by rock pillars.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Wood’s colleague and head winemaker Kurtis Ogasawara tells Robb Report this wine requires a couple of tweaks in the vineyard and winery that begin with walking the block prior to harvest and splitting it up into smaller sections based on flavor development.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Additionally, scientists uncovered a necropolis of children, also dating from the Gallo-Roman period, and discontinuous remains extending into the modern era.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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This eerie sensation is further enhanced by elliptical editing that seamlessly skips back and forth in time across the span of just a few days, creating a sense of fluidity across what should feel discontinuous.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Lebanon’s fragile sovereignty The lack of resolved borders and Israel’s periodic incursions into southern Lebanon have predictably meant that Lebanon has struggled to assert sovereignty over its own territory.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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One quick concluding note: Like Bad Sisters, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has what feels to me like a pretty resolved (and effective) ending, especially given the amount of time Saoirse spends in the finale talking about the difficulties of writing endings for TV.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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An absurdist black comedy that satirizes our culture's discomfort around uncoupled people, The Lobster asks what would happen if singles were given 45 days to find a mate, or be transformed into the animal of their choice.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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To prevent releasing any asbestos, whole sections of the old pipe are uncoupled from their connections without cutting.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Ramified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ramified. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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