Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for separatists
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Analysts sympathetic to Riyadh say Saudi policy is to defend state sovereignty and regional order, accusing Abu Dhabi of empowering secessionists to maintain influence in failing states.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has played down the violence as the work of a small group of extremists.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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The gorgeous, haunting animation allows the filmmakers to precisely recreate the Lebanese battlefield and grapple with the events that led to the infamous massacre of Palestinian refugees at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp outside of Beirut at the hands of Lebanese Christian extremists.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
24 Feb. 2026
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Berets were fashionable among radicals and the very old.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Wood argues that colleges are not only staffed with a disproportionate number of radicals who indoctrinate the students but also have turned everything from dormitory management to the dining halls over to the left.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Separatists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatists. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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