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verb

past tense of separate
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Recent Examples of separated
Adjective
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 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 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
Festivalgoers were never forced to choose between artists, as sets were separated by 10-minute breaks, preventing overlap. Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 Both can be separated and opened as needed via long white drapes. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026 Soon afterward, the telescope separated successfully from the rocket’s upper stage, drawing applause from ground controllers. Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 In your audit, emergency reserves are separated from non-retirement assets because they should not ever be drained unless there is an emergency. Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 After 31 minutes and 41 seconds, the telescope separated from the rocket and began its journey to orbit around the second sun-Earth Lagrange point, a gravitational balance point roughly 1 million miles from Earth. Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026 Before that can happen, though, the power for the adjacent tornado siren needs to be separated from the power to the old school. Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2026 This caused the prehistoric Tethys Ocean, which once separated the supercontinents of Laurasia and Gondwana, to shrink. Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 Then, fourth-round pick Colbie Young eviscerated Bears cornerback Dontae Manning off the line of scrimmage and separated into the end zone for a 17-yard touchdown. Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for separated
Adjective
  • Dakota Fanning stars as Wendy, a construction worker in Anchorage, Alaska, whose relationship with Jack (Jake Johnson), a money manager and the divorced father of two young children, hits an odd obstacle.
    Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Horrigan plays Alex, a divorced 50-year-old literary agent with a son, Ruari (Aran Murphy), who has failed to launch.
    David Faris, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • While the class was divided between protectionists and free-traders, the teacher gave no indication of his own views, and the textbook presented objective facts along with arguments from both sides.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The jury, says Rahmani, may be divided on her insanity defense.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • When their plan goes horribly awry, the couple is parted once again.
    Tanya Fedak, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In its place is a head of dark, longer hair parted down the middle, with loose curtain bangs falling across his forehead and framing his face.
    Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Dorsey uses solid gold (as well as sterling silver), meaning its pieces are not classified as demi-fine, but a Dorsey diamond tennis necklace will set you back up to $20,000, rather than upwards of $30,000 to $40,000 for a natural diamond version.
    Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • That result allows the cell to be classified as all-solid-state under the Chinese standard.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In part, Sperr alleges that Kress has taken full control over Bass’ household and finances, and isolated him from lifelong friends and employees, attorneys wrote in the suit.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This superstition often causes the fielding team to avoid saying the words no-hitter or perfect game and often leaves the pitcher isolated in the dugout.
    Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Consumers have been exposed to a very large number of new icons, many of which are not necessarily differentiated enough from what came before.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Furthermore, its interior will have become differentiated, with the heavier elements sinking to the core.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Kazan writes the entire series, sharing one co-writing credit with Alexander Chee for Episode 6, while Garth Davis and Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre split directorial duties.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The season brings back the franchise’s ‘Cutthroat’ format, splitting 24 competitors into three teams battling for a share of $500,000.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Performance also diverged sharply between the retailer’s businesses.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Over the course of two long and decorated MLB careers — which includes Heyward’s five Gold Gloves, Freeman’s 10 All-Star selections, and five World Series rings between the two of them — their paths diverged and reconnected multiple times.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Separated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separated. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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