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verb

past tense of separate
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Recent Examples of separated
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Students would have sat on the floor rather than at desks and they wouldn’t have been separated by grade and skill level, like today. Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024 Learning is divided into grades and separated by age and aptitude. Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024 Barbara McClure and Jamie Jamie Stupey Jamie’s parents separated shortly after she was born and later divorced. Anna Turning, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024 After her parents separated, she and her sister, Maya, were raised by their mother, a biomedical researcher. Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 Once the curds form, they are gently cooked and separated from the whey. Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024 Within a few months, my parents were separated, lawyered up, divorcing. Avery Keatley, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2024 Children are also at risk of becoming separated from their families, which increases their risk of injury, exploitation and abuse. Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 In extreme cases, however, pressing that button elicits a shout of fear and anguish from Alba, like in one moment when the two are separated and Alba must race through a maze to reach Neva — only for the dog to be happily waiting for her as if nothing had happened. Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for separated
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  • When pericarditis recurs more than four weeks after the first flare has stopped, it is classified as recurrent pericarditis, or RP.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The species is classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • The court differentiated between three types of presidential action.
    Jennifer Selin, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The capabilities of the VAST Data Platform are significantly differentiated from competing solutions.
    Steve McDowell, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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  • One open question is whether or not Netflix is going to split season 2 of Wednesday in half the way it’s done with later seasons of so many other popular shows from Stranger Things to Bridgerton to You, as of late.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The returns are split between the county, the state, the school district and Redspeed; the latter has received $113,000 so far.
    Yacob Reyes, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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  • Children with disabilities, who are often segregated in American child care programs, are included in activities.
    Jackie Mader, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Schools are increasingly targeted in mass shootings and effectively segregated by race.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
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  • Watching her play was like watching a musician pull off increasingly sophisticated sleights of hand, but what truly distinguished Williams wasn’t the spectacle of her performance but the clarity of her compositions.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Ming Smith’s photography displayed at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art would be distinguished at any art museum in the nation.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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  • There’s also the perpetual maintenance costs and the chance your road map might lead you into the wilderness, disconnected from the tech mainstream.
    Claus Jepsen, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • President Biden’s position on the dispute has been reflexively pro-union and disconnected from actual events.
    The Editors, National Review, 3 Oct. 2024
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  • Down day Stocks retreated Tuesday as growing tensions in the Middle East overshadowed investor excitement for a strong quarter.
    Michele Luhn, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Israel retreated from Beirut in 1982, but continued to occupy the country's south until 2000.
    Zoya Awky, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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  • The last 8 teams will compete to determine the 2 teams to be relegated to the second division.
    Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • And though midnight movie screenings are still enjoyed by niche audiences, spook shows have been all but completely relegated to history.
    Scott Feinblatt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024

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