as in divisible
capable of being split into two or more parts or pieces
the outdated belief that the atom is the smallest particle of matter and is not separable
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Recent Examples of separable
In the age of AI, compute and power are no longer separable.
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Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Weather and climate aren’t easily separable, though, and never have been.
—Michelle Nijhuis, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Whatever investigators ultimately conclude about the D.C. suspect’s motive, the reported timeline in this case features two separable decisions: entry during the Biden-era airlift and an asylum grant in April 2025 under Trump.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
In the United States, the Consumer Product Safety Commission introduced a mandatory safety standard in 2022 that limits the power of loose or separable magnets in products designed for purposes such as entertainment and stress relief.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
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Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Weather and climate aren’t easily separable, though, and never have been.
—Michelle Nijhuis, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Whatever investigators ultimately conclude about the D.C. suspect’s motive, the reported timeline in this case features two separable decisions: entry during the Biden-era airlift and an asylum grant in April 2025 under Trump.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
In the United States, the Consumer Product Safety Commission introduced a mandatory safety standard in 2022 that limits the power of loose or separable magnets in products designed for purposes such as entertainment and stress relief.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for separable
Adjective
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The stalk attached to this point would contain all the fractions whose denominators are not divisible by 5.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
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But Rosenfeld had already shown that in any counterexample, the product would have to be divisible by all those primes.—
Paulina Rowińska,
Wired News,
18 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The first was the old Surface Book, with its fully detachable screen and bendy-straw hinge that didn’t close all the way; the second was the Surface Laptop Studio, with its chunky design and sliding screen.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
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Each camera connects to a detachable solar panel for continuous, maintenance-free charging.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
1 June 2026
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“Separable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separable. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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