separate
verb (used with object)
to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space.
are separating
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present progressiveof separate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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For example, the North American and Eurasian plates are separating at about 2.5 centimeters, or 1 inch, per year.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
Put simply, while the biggest stocks in the AI trade still dominate index performance with the sheer heft of their market values, investors are separating the wheat from the chaff in the recent pullback.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
The rollout will be staggered, and transparency will first apply to public law – care cases – then to private law, where parents are separating, and lastly to magistrates' courts.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
I’ve written how the states are separating politically and culturally.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
But when she says, Nicky, your father and I are separating, it’s like a bombshell drops right in the center of your heart and splatters all across your life.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
