SEPARATING Synonyms: 204 Similar and Opposite Words

separating

verb

present participle of separate

as in dividing

to set or force apart we tried to separate the gluey pages, but they were stuck tight

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as in parting

to go or move in different directions from a central point the searchers separated in order to cover more ground

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as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type separate the students by reading ability

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as in isolating

to set or keep apart from others separated the injured calf from the herd

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as in differentiating

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 separating After separating earlier this year, the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star filed for divorce Wednesday, citing irreconcilable differences. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026 In all of these cases, however, separating the steel belt plies and bead cores from the rubber treads and sidewalls is a time- and labor-intensive process. — Ben Coxworth october 07, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026 Brown then jumped over a fence separating the two properties from the backyard and approached a black Acura, which was running, but parked in the rear area of 50-52 Flatbush Ave. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 In June, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved a northern Indiana service agreement built around separating the financial risks of serving a very large data center customer from existing NIPSCO customers. — Jeff Danielson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026 In this comparison, access to medical history looks like the clearest variable separating the two outcomes. — Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 One of its hallmarks is a second bottom bun separating the two burger patties. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2026 Life opened like a zipper, separating them painfully at first, notch by notch, then faster, wider, until the garment lay split in two. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 The new factory trades Farley said the line separating skilled trades from engineering is increasingly hard to see inside newer auto plants. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

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This multiversal collapse not only erodes the walls dividing fictions but also reconfigures the interface between fiction and reality.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
After being securely held for nearly four decades by one of the most preeminent politicians in California history, the House seat to represent bright blue San Francisco in Congress is up for grabs in November — and dividing the Democratic Party.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

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Guidry is a frequent guest instructor, watching bullpens, parting his wisdom, and answering any questions the pinstripers’ new generation of pitchers may have.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Out of that conversation grew my novel The Undead, which is, in some ways, a parting love letter to Moscow.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of parting

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Below, members of Forbes Technology Council share strategies for classifying large volumes of unstructured data while keeping the manual workload manageable.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Zema has proposed classifying major criminal factions as terrorist organizations.

— Katie Angell Britannica Editors Oct. 2, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of classifying

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In San Francisco, for instance, isolating Flock's contribution is especially difficult.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
But far from being isolating, a book is something to discuss, to share, to fight over, to flirt and fall in love over, to walk through hand-in-hand.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of isolating

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As outlined above, the biggest challenge in assembling the list was differentiating between importance and form.

— Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2026
As frontier models catch up with one another within weeks, data is becoming the differentiating factor in AI.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of differentiating

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Beyond splitting up different foods and drinks, the dual-compartment design is also meant so that users can quickly access beverages without pulling the entire cooler out of the car.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
Around them, construction of a new road is splitting the town between those who welcome change and those who see it as an assault on the way things have always been.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of splitting

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In a powerfully compelling novel that brims with the cadences of the Black South, Jones explores the women’s diverging lives while using them as a lens to observe social injustice in language that is intimate, conversational, and musical.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Yet the diverging political and regulatory attention paid to the two industries makes increasingly little sense, given the bond market’s growing primacy in the financial system, and its ability to also cause mayhem.

— Robin Wigglesworth, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026