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- noun Plural form of
separate . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
separate .
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Examples
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One concern I have is that if Jane Doe separates from the payroll of BigCorp to become a self-employed consultant for BigCorp, her job disappears from the statistics but her output does not.
The Two Labor Market Surveys, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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That first experience seems to fade as the child grows up and separates from the mother.
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First, the rugged, foreboding terrain separates them by sheer physical presence.
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A sewage drain separates the street and and a displacement camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Haitians suffer cholera outbreak amid squalid conditions Melissa Bell 2010
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“The girl, who moves to London, finds magic candles that make her wishes comes true, with unintended consequences: The island of Manhattan separates from the continent and floats toward England, bringing her dad ever closer.”
Will Smith’s Next Movie: Men In Black 3 or The City That Sailed | /Film 2010
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The barrel separates from the brightly colored, Marvin Martian base as a retractable roller ball.
Boing Boing 2009
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One separates from the throng hovers awhile on the edge shudders, hesitates, realizes it is alone, a grace note, composes a radical new choreography darts and dives to its own dance that complements, defies and defines solo and ensemble, both we and me.
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When it has separated (I wish I had taken a picture of this — when the fat separates from the coconut milk solids, you will see little bubbles of oil), add the curry paste and mix in.
Thai Chicken Soup with Coconut Milk, Sweet Potato & Red Grapes Laura 2008
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When it has separated (I wish I had taken a picture of this — when the fat separates from the coconut milk solids, you will see little bubbles of oil), add the curry paste and mix in.
Archive 2008-01-01 Laura 2008
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The scab then separates from the skin about two weeks after inoculation.
Smallpox Vaccine 2008
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