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separated

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verb

past tense of separate
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Recent Examples of separated
Adjective
In this tense, uneasy landscape, a separated couple, Natalie and Asher, reunite to take their child, Logan, on a trip to tour colleges in both territories. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 Held at Henry and Stacey Winkler‘s home, the event highlighted the organization co-founded by Reinis, which focuses on separated families in border cities. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026 This is because pre-shredded varieties contain anti-caking agents and preservatives, which help the shreds stay separated but also affect the cheese’s flavor and texture. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2026 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 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
Verb
The trajectories separated into four distinct clusters corresponding to rest, meditation, music, and the movie. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026 In what is shaping up to be the season’s most competitive acting race, three names appear to have separated themselves. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 As a child, she was separated from her mother amid the conflict. — Patricia Huon, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026 In close cases, firms may be separated by as little as a single basis point. — Kelli Grant, Cfp®,riley De León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 The statement said the weapon separated from its booster rocket at the planned altitude, then descended and maneuvered both vertically and horizontally before hitting a test target. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland, Kaliningrad is separated from mainland Russia and remains a major security concern for NATO’s eastern flank. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 And they’ve been separated by one run — 69 for the Guardians and 68 for the Sox. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Premature twin baby girls are separated, hospitalized in two different neonatal intensive care units in Boston. — Juli McDonald, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for separated
Adjective
  • He was found guilty in a subsequent civil trial, yet still awarded custody of the divorced couple’s two children.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The tender family comedy stars Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro) and Eva Birthistle (Bad Sisters) as a divorced couple who struggle to maintain the minimum communication required to share custody of their beloved only child Rose.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The country is already bitterly divided, with far-left and far-right parties leading opinion polls ahead of presidential elections next year.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Yet Germany’s meager amount of uranium ore had been divided between different piles in the project.
    — Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But then, in a moment Bekoff described as straight out of a movie, the clouds parted right as the bridal party headed outside.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Makeup was kept light and fresh, topped off with a nude lip, while her hair was parted down the middle, styled in face-framing waves.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Near the epicenter, the agency estimated an intensity of VIII, classified as severe on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, which measures how strongly the ground shakes at individual locations.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The victim was initially classified as being in serious-to-critical condition.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • We are constantly connected, yet often isolated, each with our own voice while genuine dialogue can be hard to achieve.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • After the man arrived in Nairobi, his relatives took him in a private vehicle to Nairobi Hospital, where he was immediately isolated.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The devices successfully differentiated all 16 possible combinations.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Novo, however, maintains CagriSema is effective and differentiated enough to be commercially viable.
    — Annika Kim Constantino,Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The airport’s revenue share would drop from 60% to 55%, with the five airlines splitting the remaining 45% of revenue.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Denmark's defense intelligence service specifically warned Russia could use such tactics to split the NATO alliance.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The race to determine who will lead one of the United States’s largest cities took a twist Tuesday, when the two women battling to win Los Angeles’s mayoral race sharply diverged over Israel.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In the poll, views on health care access and costs largely diverged along party lines.
    — Ali Swenson, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Separated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separated. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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