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as in segregation
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as in sectarianism
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Recent Examples of separatism
The claim was patently false: Within India, Sikh separatism has not been a force since the 1990s.
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Daniel Block, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2024
Canada has said Sikhs have a right to peaceful protest and Trudeau has largely avoided categorical condemnation of Sikh separatism.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
It was also conveyed that India reserves the right to take further steps in response to the Trudeau government's support for extremism, violence and separatism against India.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
That’s why, experts posit, Delhi has drawn a clear redline in local politics: No more separatism.
—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
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Daniel Block, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2024
Canada has said Sikhs have a right to peaceful protest and Trudeau has largely avoided categorical condemnation of Sikh separatism.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
It was also conveyed that India reserves the right to take further steps in response to the Trudeau government's support for extremism, violence and separatism against India.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
That’s why, experts posit, Delhi has drawn a clear redline in local politics: No more separatism.
—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for separatism
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They were born and raised in the South during segregation.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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The company has identified a material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting, specifically inadequate segregation of duties.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
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Steve Bannon and many MAGA originals consider this apostasy — basically another high-end, rich-guy way to screw the working-class voters behind the Donald Trump movement.Mike Allen, Axios, 28 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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In the nineteenth century, a schism between the industrial North and the agrarian, slaveholding South culminated in the Civil War.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Never mind the 25-year prison stint, the schism with his boss back home, or his upcoming trial: The man simply can’t stop smiling.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2024
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The chamber is set to have a roughly two-vote majority when the package is voted on, meaning just a handful of GOP defections could sink the entire initiative.Andrew Solender, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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However successful the cost cutting was, X’s market value has now dropped to $9.4 Billion (according to Fidelity Investments) versus the $44 Billion Musk paid for it, due to dissatisfaction with its policies and performance and defections of advertisers and users to other social media platforms.Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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This imbalance perpetuates the misconception that listening is innate rather than cultivated.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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That realization reinforced for me the importance of breaking stereotypes about introverts and challenging misconceptions.Kendra MacDonald, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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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 20 Jan. 2025.
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