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Recent Examples of separatist
Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
China currently refuses to engage with President Lai, with Chinese officials branding him as a separatist and supporter of Taiwan's current status.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 26 July 2025
The Nobel laureate is regarded as one of the world’s most influential religious leaders, with a following that extends well beyond Buddhism, but not by Beijing, which calls him a separatist and has sought to bring the faith under its control.
—Reuters, NBC news, 6 July 2025
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but ethnic Baloch separatists, who frequently target security forces and civilians in the region, are likely to be blamed.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
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This would lead to a situation where remnants of the state are going to be consumed with fighting separatists.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
China currently refuses to engage with President Lai, with Chinese officials branding him as a separatist and supporter of Taiwan's current status.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 26 July 2025
The Nobel laureate is regarded as one of the world’s most influential religious leaders, with a following that extends well beyond Buddhism, but not by Beijing, which calls him a separatist and has sought to bring the faith under its control.
—Reuters, NBC news, 6 July 2025
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but ethnic Baloch separatists, who frequently target security forces and civilians in the region, are likely to be blamed.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
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In mid-July, after a recent spate of sectarian violence in Syria’s south, Israel launched airstrikes on Syrian government facilities in Damascus.—
Dalia Dassa Kaye,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Aug. 2025
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Over 1,500 Alawites were killed in sectarian violence during a 72-hour period in March, while July's Suwayda clashes left over 250 dead, exposing the fragility of Sharaa's promise to protect minorities.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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One of the American men involved has made a list of Trump supporters in Greenland, with the goal of later recruiting them to establish a secessionist movement on the island, according to the broadcaster.—
Henrik Pettersson,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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Citing government and security sources, the broadcaster, DR, said three Americans close to the president had been compiling names of Greenlandic citizens who supported Trump’s plans to take over the island, and who might be willing to join a secessionist movement.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
27 Aug. 2025
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Such was the case this past weekend, when tens of millions of fans keyed in on the denouement of the college basketball season at the expense of lesser spectacles such as spring football and one notoriously schismatic pro golf startup.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The potential members of a schismatic Catholic sect are located in areas of the world such as the United States, where the church has significant financial resources and assets, plus a wide array of independent Catholic institutions that operate largely outside the hierarchy of the church.—
Massimo Faggioli,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2018
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“Separatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatist. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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