something that divides, separates, or marks off
the toddler insisted on a dinner plate with separators so that different foods would never touch one another
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Recent Examples of separatorThe materials may have imperfections, causing damage in the already-thin separator.—Tim Moynihan, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2017 Then, after these ores are mined, they are processed into components used in the batteries – cathodes, anodes, separators, and electrolytes.—Steve Banker, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 There’s a hollow separator in the center, which can be filled with water and frozen in order to keep two bottles cold on the go.—Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024 Those exceptions will include some uses of TCE to clean aircraft parts and medical devices; its use in manufacturing battery separators and refrigerants; and in transportation, security and defense systems.—Jen Christensen, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for separator
The post explained that these fast, dog-like creatures can climb fences or wait in the shadows, ready to pounce on a pet when the opportunity presents itself.
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Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
In the second incident, in September, a Secret Service agent saw a man hiding in the bushes and pointing a rifle through a fence at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach while Trump was playing there.
Some of the moves revive policies from his first administration, including forcing asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico, cracking down on asylum access and finishing the border wall.
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Rebecca Santana,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
When Trump declared a similar national emergency on the border in 2019 in order to justify using military funds for building a border wall, courts blocked the move, saying a military construction project needed to be in support of a military deployment.
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