separate out
phrasal verb
separated out; separating out; separates out
: to remove (someone or something) from a group
Before you put out the trash, you have to separate out the bottles and cans.
Most schools separate out children with learning problems.
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Considering that the saved data is separated out like this, having another game read that data shouldn’t be difficult, at least in a technical sense.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
There are a couple reasons to do this; one is to separate out the sediment from the bottom of the bottle, the other is to aerate wine.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 7 Mar. 2025
Over time, temperatures above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or an ambient humidity above 50 percent, will begin to separate out the fats and sugars in chocolate, wrecking its texture and giving it not-so-lovely white speckles and streaks.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2025
In the worst case, fats that have separated out from crunchy nuts or seeds might taste a little rancid.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2025
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
There are a couple reasons to do this; one is to separate out the sediment from the bottom of the bottle, the other is to aerate wine.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 7 Mar. 2025
Over time, temperatures above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or an ambient humidity above 50 percent, will begin to separate out the fats and sugars in chocolate, wrecking its texture and giving it not-so-lovely white speckles and streaks.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2025
In the worst case, fats that have separated out from crunchy nuts or seeds might taste a little rancid.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for separate out
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“Separate out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/separate%20out. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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