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separated

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verb

past tense of separate
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Recent Examples of separated
Adjective
Black Pride Colorado Organizers say the world feels so separated, and pride will be used to keep everyone together. Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 11 June 2026 The separated explants, though, got busy dismantling parts of themselves that were no longer useful. Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026 Connor Bedard completed a career-best season despite missing time because of a separated shoulder, and Louis Crevier rose to the top defensive pair. Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026 Tommy Flanagan served as another ally to Maximus and Lucilla as Cicero, who facilitated communication between the separated lovers. Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026 Whereas within cool-guy culture, things are a little bit more separated. Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 He got separated, then un-separated, then his wife gave birth during a car crash, then his wife blew up. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026 In actuality, washing rice removes excess starch, dust, and debris to ultimately help the grains to be more separated and fluffy, rather than sticky. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026 Finally, Rotterdam’s Youth Jury Award went to Ah Girl by Ang Geck Geck Priscilla, about a young girl caught in a war between her separated parents. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
Speaking before the Cassazione delivered its ruling, Spinelle had been coming to terms with being separated from his family for good. Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 In gases, such as air, atoms and molecules are separated from each other by lots of space. Robin MacAluso, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026 Unlike jet airplanes, which fly above 35,000 feet and are separated from one another by vast distances, air taxis will likely fly no higher than 4,000 feet on short routes where space between the aircraft could get tight. Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026 That residence has since been separated into three penthouses, with the other two having already sold. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2026 The hijackers, two Palestinians and two Germans, separated dozens of Jewish and Israeli passengers from the rest and threatened to kill them if Israel did not free dozens of Palestinian prisoners. ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 The bankruptcy process separated Westinghouse from much of the construction exposure that damaged the company. Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Honeywell Aerospace has had a difficult debut since being separated from former parent Honeywell Technologies late last month. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 July 2026 Children separated from their families were taught, sometimes violently, not to speak their native tongues, and many did not pass them on to their children. Kadin Mills, NPR, 26 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for separated
Adjective
  • The divorced couple has also been involved in a bitter custody battle over their 2-year-old daughter.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
  • Peter Parker is like a kid with divorced parents who’s been forced to split his time between mom and dad.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Overall, the picture by market remained sharply divided in June.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • Committee term limits have divided congressional Democrats, and attempts to impose them have come up short in previous years.
    Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • For an additional pop of color, Cardi wore her hair in an icy blue bob that was parted to the side and curled under at the ends.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
  • The photos also show how George tends to part his hair to his left, while William often parted his to his right.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Approximately 35% of the state, including coastal regions, remains free of drought or abnormal dryness, and no areas of California are currently classified as being in extreme or exceptional drought.
    Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Most of the filings in the case are classified, with only a brief summary of the matter being made public.
    Elise Spenner, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Anthropic said a misconfiguration allowed Claude models to reach the internet from testing environments that were supposed to be isolated, leading to unauthorized access to three organizations’ systems.
    Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Workers isolated the affected system, restored a backup and restarted the plant in about 90 minutes, Mayor Nate George confirmed to CBS News.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Complicated births that require, for example, extended time laboring will now be differentiated and might cost more, while uncomplicated births will cost less.
    Camille A. Clare, STAT, 23 July 2026
  • Vera appears differentiated in the crowded CPU market, with Nvidia claiming more efficiency and better performance especially for agentic AI workloads.
    Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Residents are split The average home value in the neighborhood is $430,998, according to Zillow.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • The Braves were able to split Wednesday’s doubleheader, following a 3-2 loss earlier in the afternoon.
    Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Markets and consumers have diverged in their opinions and outlooks over the past five years.
    Derek Horstmeyer, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • In the bond market, short-term and long-term yields diverged.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

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“Separated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separated. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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