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unmixing

verb

present participle of unmix
as in dividing

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  1. dividing
  2. separating
  3. divorcing
  4. cleaving
  5. scattering
  6. splitting
Verb
  • With three points, three cuts can be made, thus dividing the surface into four.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In its place arose far-right movements in Western Europe and North America dedicated to dividing the world into racial and cultural blocs, divisions often defended in the language of the struggle against terrorism and Islam.
    — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of dividing
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  • That means preserving provenance across generations, separating the ability to design a successor from the authority to instantiate it and auditing evaluators as carefully as models.
    — Regan Peng, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Software will be as important as the aircraft The Air Force is also separating CCA mission-autonomy software from the aircraft themselves.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of separating
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  • Without a prenuptial agreement, divorcing spouses can take different approaches to valuation.
    — Lisa Zeiderman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Braun and Cohen were married for nearly a decade before divorcing in 2022.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of divorcing
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  • It can be made cleanly by cleaving the hydrogen out of water using clean electricity.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Imagine a termite carving a path like a jumbled ball of string through a tree trunk, instead of an axe cleaving a single vector.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaving
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  • Maiolino agrees that electron scattering likely contributes to broadening the lines in the spectra of some of the little red dots.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Labor Day atop the last of the Titan-Centaur rockets, belching orange flame into the clear blue skies and scattering birds and other wildlife.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of scattering
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  • The poll finds that Bodnar and Bankhead are splitting the Democratic vote, 49% to 43% respectively.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The two women start to hang out again like college pals, gossiping and hip-hip dancing and — always – splitting a bottle of white wine.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of splitting
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“Unmixing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmixing. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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