something that divides, separates, or marks off
the toddler insisted on a dinner plate with separators so that different foods would never touch one another
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Recent Examples of separatorInside the cell, the thin separator between the negative and positive electrodes is then at risk of being breached by these dendrites, leaving the positive side of the battery exposed.—New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2026 With the bases loaded and one out, Levenson delivered the separator, ripping a two-run line drive into right-center to stretch the lead to 4-0.—Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2026 Riders must find the elusive Lego brick separator — used to take apart Lego bricks — and use it to break up the Lego asteroid.—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026 Fernández addressed it plainly afterward, pointing to the giveaways as the separator in a game that got away from his team early and never came back.—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for separator
There, in the scorching desert, guarded by fences and video surveillance, this fish swims around in a sunken fishbowl made of rock that's been its only natural home for millennia.
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Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 May 2026
No one was keeping a distance chart on the launches, but all of them easily cleared the fence, which measures 200 feet in left field, 215 to center.
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Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
The Reds tied the game two batters later and then scored a pair of runs on a sacrifice fly to right field that brought Seiya Suzuki to the ground against the wall while catching it.
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Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
About 64% of survey respondents oppose ending birthright citizenship, and a majority are against expanding the border wall.