separate from

Frequency: 9.025.0 per million words

Used to indicate the person, group, or thing that something is being moved away from.

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Examples (10)

  • The boys are separated from the girls.
  • She is currently separated from her husband.
  • Slave parents were forcibly separated from their children.
  • He had recently separated from his wife before moving abroad.
  • The waste water is kept entirely separate from the rainwater.
  • This island resort is totally separated from the mainland.
  • She leads a lifestyle which is quite separate from that of her parents.
  • It is often hard to separate the truth from the lies in politics.
  • The machine separates the cream from the milk automatically.
  • It is important to keep your personal life separate from your work.