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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
Beckman portrayed the first lady's work on the ceasefire as an extension of her efforts to help reunite Russian and Ukrainian children with their families after they were separated by Russia's war against Ukraine. — Ben Finley, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 Her parents had recently separated, and her mother, Alta Apantenco, was working as a waitress to support herself and her young daughter. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026 Down a long path, a wooden fence separated walkers from white flowers dotting the expansive grassy landscape. — Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026 Chief among them was that of the Bodnariu family, who occupied international headlines for several months after they were separated from their five children in November 2015. — Tomris Laffly, Time, 23 Oct. 2026 The couple married in April 2001 and separated in August 2025 after more than two decades together. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 After the couple separated in 2015, Affleck reportedly lived for a time in the subterranean guesthouse. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026 The power and shuffle/no shuffle switches were also separated into separate controls. — Eric Griffith, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile Circulose needs cotton-rich textiles, identified and separated to a specific standard, and the work of producing that isn’t what the system pays for. — Erik Lagerblad, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for separated
Adjective
  • Millions of seniors in the United States are single, divorced or widowed and have no children.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Their biggest series that decade was Kate & Allie, the CBS comedy starring Susan Saint James and SNL original Jane Curtin as divorced best friends sharing a Greenwich Village apartment.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • However, the available demonstration does not specify the training setup, how responsibilities the divided between the learning methods, or the precise control architecture used during execution.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Cult members lived in makeshift homes of polythene sheeting and thatch that Mackenzie divided into areas with biblical names like Jerusalem and Judea.
    — Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Birds and mammals parted evolutionary ways more than 360 million years ago, and bird brains evolved a different architecture.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Next to her, Deary sported the quintessential Gen Z slicked-back ponytail, parted in the middle and bristle-brushed back from the sides of her head.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Now owned by the state of Bavaria, the ⁠Kehlsteinhaus ​was classified after the ​war as a historical monument recalling the Nazi period.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But China's latest regulations require people classified as Chinese tax residents to self-declare worldwide income to Beijing, Wang said.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • For someone feeling isolated, that kind of connection may offer comfort.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Broken and forlorn, she’s once again isolated…till Wicker Husband reappears—repaired and forgiving.
    — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Novo, however, maintains CagriSema is effective and differentiated enough from its other drugs to draw significant demand.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The devices successfully differentiated all 16 possible combinations.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The interface splits each 2-core fiber into two single-core fibers inside the repeater for efficient amplification, then merges them back into 2-core fibers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Wanda, a donkey, and Max, a horse, split their time between a farm upstate and a stable in the Bronx.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Investors diverged from doctors Moderna shares fell as much as 25% Thursday, before regaining some ground, after partial data from the trial leaked on social media.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The renewal is good news for Carrie fans as Season 1 diverged from the ending of King’s book to leave things off on a cliffhanger.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Separated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separated. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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