separations

plural of separation
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as in divergencies
a movement in different directions away from a common point a sudden separation of the herd of deer when they were startled

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as in farewells
the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions friends who dreaded the inevitable separation after graduation

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as in dividers
something that divides, separates, or marks off a filing cabinet with lots of adjustable separations

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Recent Examples of separations After buyouts, early retirements, voluntary separations and a Reduction in Force, the agency was shrunk nearly in half earlier this year. Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025 Garrett added that separations can stem from safety concerns, self-harm risk or threats from others inside the facility. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025 The bureau's Job Openings and Labor Turnover report, which Federal Reserve officials watch closely to gauge labor market slack, showed a slower pace in both hiring and total separations. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025 Some teams have demonstrated initial proof-of-concept separations on Earth, but making those systems robust for the lunar environment is a different challenge. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025 Federal law allows the agency to recommend personnel policies, and, in certain cases, direct separations tied to suitability investigations. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025 For larger separations, a flexible foam strip can be inserted before caulking to create a tighter seal. Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025 Prior to early retirements and voluntary separations this year, RVLT funding previously went to more than 200 researchers, about 100 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 How does Texas law handle ‘mutual agreement’ separations? Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • Funding cliff The children wasting away, day by day, don’t have time to wait for funding gaps to be filled.
    Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its building blocks from plunging into the sun, a new study finds.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • The former Brighton and Chelsea manager then informed the players and said his farewells, with many of the squad shocked at the timing of the decision.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The promo references the famous —or, sometimes, infamous — farewells that contestants leave, penned in lipstick, on the vanity mirrors where queens do their makeup.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Everything from false walls and room dividers, bathroom shower enclosures, staircases and entrances, and even outdoors in patios and poolscapes.
    Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Organize the drawers with dividers Fill every cabinet drawer with dividers to make extra room as a tool organizer for handhelds like hammers and other small items.
    Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yamamoto threw four straight splits before striking out Guerrero swinging on a curveball.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Robyn is Kody’s last wife after his splits from Christine, Janelle, and Meri.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • This is not to say there have been no divergences or tensions, particularly when Brazil has sought to pursue a more autonomous foreign policy.
    HUSSEIN KALOUT, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The Statement of Economic Projections routinely reveals wide divergences among policymakers themselves.
    Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Once written, the script’s fantastic promise distracted its readers from the fatal holes in its plot.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, the storage area has ventilation holes to keep items from becoming musty.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some of the departures from Harry and Meghan’s teams have likely been about people using the job with them as a springboard for bigger things.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Back in August, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor said roughly 300,000 federal workers would be gone from the government by the end of the year, noting that 80% of those departures were voluntary.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Wildlife managers used tactics including drones, beanbags, diversionary feeding, deterrent fences and round-the-clock field presence, but the wolves persisted in killing cattle, the DFW said.
    Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In the yard, decorations include nooses, hanging bodies, guards in towers and barbed wire fences.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Separations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separations. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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