separation
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Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
Of course, this would also mean the separation of Malik and Eric.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Van Holstein found that in many early hominins — as in other mammals — separation into other species increases, then flatlines, at which point extinction rates start to ramp up.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
The project—initially called The Lovers and conceived of as a kind of wedding—had turned, over years of waiting and broken trust, into a meditation on their incompatibility and separation.
—Michael I. Norton, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, Homan has remained a strident defender of the family separation policy.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Trump—he of the border wall and family separation—is now campaigning in 2024 on a promise to undertake mass arrests and deportations on a scale never before seen in the U.S.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Immigration advocates are not comforted by restrictions on blanket policies that would block the separation of children from their parents.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
According to the divorce documents, Spelling and McDermott, who have been married since 2006, listed their date of separation as June 17, 2023.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Separation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/separation. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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Note: In some cases in which the estrangement is extreme, a separation is considered to have occurred even when the couple retain the same residence if they have stopped communicating and engaging in sexual relations and intend to be separated.
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