as in dividers
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 separators
The significant contribution of the Kharkiv memo was the suggestion of how to remove the separators between the two masses of uranium, which was similar to the one considered for the first American atomic bomb.
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
In 2019, a University of Virginia team showed that electrodes, electrolytes, and separators could all be made from parts of a single object—an egg.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
Designing continuous reactors or efficient solid–liquid separators is needed to handle this.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Influencers frequently recommend toe spacers (or separators) to fix all sorts of problems, from bunions and blisters to back aches and poor athletic form.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
As modern music-making increasingly integrates AI, more artists will turn to tools that streamline their solo productions — from stem separators and vocal changers that can tweak existing tracks to sample creators and full-song generators that replicate the entire creative process.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
In 2019, a University of Virginia team showed that electrodes, electrolytes, and separators could all be made from parts of a single object—an egg.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
Designing continuous reactors or efficient solid–liquid separators is needed to handle this.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Influencers frequently recommend toe spacers (or separators) to fix all sorts of problems, from bunions and blisters to back aches and poor athletic form.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
As modern music-making increasingly integrates AI, more artists will turn to tools that streamline their solo productions — from stem separators and vocal changers that can tweak existing tracks to sample creators and full-song generators that replicate the entire creative process.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for separators
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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In the yard, decorations include nooses, hanging bodies, guards in towers and barbed wire fences.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Odysseus, the Ithacan warrior who is as celebrated for craftiness as Achilles is for brute strength, devises a clever ruse in which the Greeks place a giant wooden horse outside Troy’s walls and pretend to sail away.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Whether through an honest conversation or an unexpected emotional release, this transit helps dissolve walls and toxic barriers, revealing what’s actually hiding beneath the mystery.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Separators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separators. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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