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as in sectarianism
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Recent Examples of separatism
That’s why, experts posit, Delhi has drawn a clear redline in local politics: No more separatism.
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Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
Bugti’s death sparked a surge in separatism, and remains an open wound for the Baloch people, who have had their own richly distinct culture and language since long before Pakistan gained independence from the British in 1947.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
Over the last decade and a half, the widespread feeling that the United Kingdom was on its last legs was reflected in surging English nativism and Scottish, Welsh, and Irish separatism that in different ways threatened to pull the union apart.
—Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
Their son Ben, one of the four pastors—two men, two women—who succeeded them, described the church’s strategy as invasive separatism.
—Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
Bugti’s death sparked a surge in separatism, and remains an open wound for the Baloch people, who have had their own richly distinct culture and language since long before Pakistan gained independence from the British in 1947.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
Over the last decade and a half, the widespread feeling that the United Kingdom was on its last legs was reflected in surging English nativism and Scottish, Welsh, and Irish separatism that in different ways threatened to pull the union apart.
—Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
Their son Ben, one of the four pastors—two men, two women—who succeeded them, described the church’s strategy as invasive separatism.
—Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Due to racial segregation, Black soldiers had only two options for entertainment venues close to Camp Robinson: Washington Avenue in North Little Rock and West Ninth Street in downtown Little Rock.Helaine Williams, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The specialized high schools, known as crown jewels of the city’s school system, have failed to admit a diverse group of students and been seen as a symbol of school segregation.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Snuffer is a lawyer who lives in Utah and was excommunicated from the LDS Church in 2013 for apostasy.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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This is the apostasy of the age, refusing to give these spiritually lost characters their proper complexity.Armond White, National Review, 8 May 2024
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To arrive at this integration, however, he must be stripped, like Voss, of his own pretensions and the schisms within his self.Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
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Attending the new pope is a revelation that really could throw the church into open schism.Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
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That means Johnson can afford only one GOP defection to keep his seat of power.Mike Lillis, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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The bad quarterback play, Davante Adams’ defection and season-ending injuries to four key defensive players were valid excuses before O’Connell’s injury, and now maybe the results of the final four games don’t matter.Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Despite how much these factors can impact our daily lives, there are still many misconceptions about who is most vulnerable and what employers can or should do to help.Sean Fogarty, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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This is something called the therapeutic misconception, where patients believe that being part of an experiment, that experiment is actually intended to benefit them.Mandy Nguyen, Vox, 30 Nov. 2024
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The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 May 2022
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When the nucleus ultimately disintegrates, these pieces move apart rapidly and the neck snaps quickly, a process known as scission.Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2021
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“Separatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatism. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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