as in divider
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 separator 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 Forge Nano Coating the materials that make up the anode, cathode, and separator at the molecular level, these companies say, boosts batteries’ performance and durability without an appreciable increase in their weight or volume. IEEE Spectrum, 12 Sep. 2024 His newest holiday cookware line includes cool cookware products that include his famous gravity mills (automatic salt and pepper grinders) in metallic gold and metallic red and seasonal items ideal for holiday meals including a gravy separator, kitchen timer and even bread maker. Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for separator 
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Noun
  • This cookware organizer has a wire frame with adjustable dividers and divots meant for lid handles.
    Alex Ronan, Architectural Digest, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The company sells decorations that can be snapped onto to the bags, as well as attachments like dividers, pockets and a cupholder add-on strong enough to carry the viral Stanley Quencher.
    Nicolas Vega,Raffi Paul, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Another question about the fence: What’s to keep people from walking to the end and stepping around it?
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The Felician softball program has already raised about $45,000, some of which is going toward moving in the fences.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Trump’s border wall A great deal of border wall fencing existed prior to Trump’s first presidency: Approximately 654 miles of various types of fencing separated the U.S. from Mexico before Trump took office, according to a report published by the Government Accountability Office in 2017.
    Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
  • One deputy appeared to grab the inmate from behind and slam him headfirst into the wall, without a clear provocation.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024

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“Separator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separator. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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