separate twins

Frequency: 6.94.5 per million words

To cause twins to live apart, or to surgically detach conjoined twins.

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  • Doctors successfully separated the conjoined twins after a 12-hour surgery.
  • The foster care system had to separate the twins at birth due to parental issues.
  • A specialized medical team will attempt to separate the twins next month.
  • Some educators believe it's beneficial to separate twins into different classes for individual development.
  • The parents reluctantly agreed to separate the twins for schooling purposes when they turned six.
  • It was a difficult ethical question whether to separate the conjoined twins or not.
  • If necessary, the hospital is equipped to separate the twins in an emergency.
  • The novel depicts a family's struggle to separate the twins after a tragic accident.
  • They've been advised to gradually separate the twins' activities to encourage independent interests.
  • Historically, societies sometimes chose to separate twins in early childhood for various reasons.