Example Sentences
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Separated by 16 years, the pair stand at opposite ends of their careers and are pursuing significant but different milestones.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
Separated from her friends, she struggled with her mental health - at one point, she was so homesick that she built a scale model of her family's old flat in Ukraine.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025
Separated from the status plays and classical educations of the Northeastern blue-bloods, the wealthy have crafted a design language with all the warmth of an iPhone screen.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025
Separated by just 18 months in age, Drakeo and Ralfy were so close they seemed like fraternal twins.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
Separated though we were, all of us maintained fairly close touch around Lansing—in school and out—whenever we could get together.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
