SEPARATING Synonyms: 204 Similar and Opposite Words

separating

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present participle of separate

as in dividing

to set or force apart we tried to separate the gluey pages, but they were stuck tight

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as in parting

to go or move in different directions from a central point the searchers separated in order to cover more ground

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as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type separate the students by reading ability

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as in isolating

to set or keep apart from others separated the injured calf from the herd

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as in differentiating

to understand or point out the difference in trying to separate science from religion on one specific point

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Recent Examples of separating The security perimeter kept demonstrators at a distance from the facility, with barricades and checkpoints separating roughly 100 protesters from the detention center. —

Adam Reiss, NBC news, 31 May 2026 Historical memory is hugely helpful in separating false promises from sincere innovation, and that should make living legends ideal for steadying progress. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 May 2026 Pitt and Jolie were together for more than decade, tying the knot in 2014 before legally separating in 2016. —

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026 Powered by 33 of SpaceX's Raptor-class engines, the booster provided the initial burst of thrust at liftoff before separating from the upper stage minutes after launch and making a water landing in the Gulf of Mexico, renamed in the United States under executive order as the Gulf of America. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 May 2026 Ballots are sorted — again Once signatures have been checked, ballots go back to the sorter, Page said, this time separating the ones that have been accepted to continue on the process from the ones that are being challenged. —

Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 28 May 2026 Currently, the tech team spends days carefully dismantling the giant wing sails, dropping the massive carbon platforms off their foils, and separating the hulls just to fit them inside the 40-foot containers. —

Andrew Rice, New York Times, 27 May 2026 But more than that, Haacke was proposing how politics and art might be intertwined, too, by dissolving the institutional wall separating art from the world outside it. —

Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026 From overpacking to not separating electronics to not packing your clunky shoes and belts, here are 10 carry-on mistakes, according to the TSA itself. —

Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026

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In Topawa, guests visit the Tohono O’odham Cultural Center to learn how the desert’s original stewards have flourished for millennia despite the modern line dividing their ancestral lands.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Today’s wealthy are increasingly dividing their fortunes between multiple advisors based on their specialties, rather than relying on one or two trusted firms.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 4 June 2026