1
as in divided
to set or force apart
we tried to separate the gluey pages, but they were stuck tight
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2
as in parted
to go or move in different directions from a central point
the searchers separated in order to cover more ground
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3
as in classified
to arrange or assign according to type
separate the students by reading ability
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4
as in isolated
to set or keep apart from others
separated the injured calf from the herd
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as in differentiated
to understand or point out the difference in
trying to separate science from religion on one specific point
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Recent Examples of separated
Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
In actuality, washing rice removes excess starch, dust, and debris to ultimately help the grains to be more separated and fluffy, rather than sticky.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
Finally, Rotterdam’s Youth Jury Award went to Ah Girl by Ang Geck Geck Priscilla, about a young girl caught in a war between her separated parents.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
Channing Tatum has undergone surgery for a separated shoulder.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Next, the separated gold is poured into 28-pound bricks, each worth roughly $800,000, and flown to Switzerland’s Metalor refinery.
—Jill Newman, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2026
Yet in Game 1, Stecher suffered a separated shoulder.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Any interaction, including dialogues and reunions of separated families, between the two Koreas have been suspended in recent years.
—Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
The call on Thursday evening gave Qnity management an opportunity to provide additional insight into the results and offer their own outlook for the separated company, which on Monday began normal trading on the New York Stock Exchange and joined the S & P 500.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2025
Diana Novak Jones, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
The album documented how six individuals separated by COVID-19 could bring their disparate ideas together, but the result was admittedly disjointed among some standout moments.
—Chris Young, AJC.com, 25 Mar. 2026
This is tough and contains modular compartments to keep your electronics separated.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Whether or not Hollywood comes calling, the story of seven dogs who refused to be separated from each other or their families has already resonated with millions around the world.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
The company has said the state’s allegations of harm cannot be separated from the content on the platforms, because its algorithms and design features serve to publish content.
—Reuters, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
Yet despite pressure, embargoes and various CIA plots, the communist government in Havana has resisted the wishes of its very powerful neighbor separated by just 90 miles (145 kilometers) of water.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Song said that due to the seat change, she and Culkin were separated from their two young children during the trip.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Many agreed on one point Wednesday — the movement can be separated from the man.
—Ryan Carter, Daily News, 19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
The collaboration aims to create a recycling system at MP Materials' Mountain Pass refinery, where MP Materials will recycle end-of-life and other magnet materials to make separated oxides.
—Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
In actuality, washing rice removes excess starch, dust, and debris to ultimately help the grains to be more separated and fluffy, rather than sticky.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
Finally, Rotterdam’s Youth Jury Award went to Ah Girl by Ang Geck Geck Priscilla, about a young girl caught in a war between her separated parents.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
Channing Tatum has undergone surgery for a separated shoulder.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Next, the separated gold is poured into 28-pound bricks, each worth roughly $800,000, and flown to Switzerland’s Metalor refinery.
—Jill Newman, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2026
Yet in Game 1, Stecher suffered a separated shoulder.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Any interaction, including dialogues and reunions of separated families, between the two Koreas have been suspended in recent years.
—Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
The call on Thursday evening gave Qnity management an opportunity to provide additional insight into the results and offer their own outlook for the separated company, which on Monday began normal trading on the New York Stock Exchange and joined the S & P 500.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
The company has said the state's allegations of harm cannot be separated from the content on the platforms, because its algorithms and design features serve to publish content.
—Diana Novak Jones, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
The album documented how six individuals separated by COVID-19 could bring their disparate ideas together, but the result was admittedly disjointed among some standout moments.
—Chris Young, AJC.com, 25 Mar. 2026
This is tough and contains modular compartments to keep your electronics separated.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Whether or not Hollywood comes calling, the story of seven dogs who refused to be separated from each other or their families has already resonated with millions around the world.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
The company has said the state’s allegations of harm cannot be separated from the content on the platforms, because its algorithms and design features serve to publish content.
—Reuters, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
Yet despite pressure, embargoes and various CIA plots, the communist government in Havana has resisted the wishes of its very powerful neighbor separated by just 90 miles (145 kilometers) of water.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Song said that due to the seat change, she and Culkin were separated from their two young children during the trip.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Many agreed on one point Wednesday — the movement can be separated from the man.
—Ryan Carter, Daily News, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for separated
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What especially spoke to Voros was the storyline with Abby, Stacy’s older, divorced daughter — and mother to Bridgette (Miller) and younger sister Macy (Pollack) — who is played by Garrett.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Mar. 2026
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The narrator is fifty years old and divorced.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The use of social media by young people has divided tech executives.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Today there are more than 30 million Kurds in a contiguous area in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey divided by external borders and historic internal differences.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2026
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Gomez parted her hair in the center and pulled the lengths up, twisted them, and clipped her hair with a medium-sized sheer white claw clip and wrapping some of the lengths over the top of the clip.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
20 Mar. 2026
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And suddenly, the clouds parted.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The past flu season, which the CDC classified as highly severe for children, killed more than a hundred kids.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2026
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How it’s reassembled can depend on how it’s labeled and classified in the mind.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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This is how my colleagues and I were able to confirm that wild dolphins, like captive animals, produced large numbers of individually distinctive signature whistles when briefly isolated from other dolphins.—
Laela Sayigh,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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Each hill and cave in Cambodia’s rocky karst landscape –– a term for a landscape created when rocks break down, forming large cave springs, sinking streams and sinkholes –– is isolated from the others.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
23 Mar. 2026
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Studios are smaller, operations are simpler, and the concept is differentiated enough to cut through the noise.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Just last week, Carolyn differentiated herself in the Kennedy compound by insisting that her job gave her a sense of purpose.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Other changes, such as splitting the MMR vaccine, remain in place.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
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Iowa State and Virginia have split four previous meetings, though the Cavaliers won the most recent matchup and the only one in the NCAA Tournament.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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That, Miranda decided in November, was where two tightly aligned paths diverged.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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As for the three Guatemalan men detained on Christmas Eve outside of Springfield, their paths diverged at the Greene County Jail gates.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
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