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Recent Examples of separatism
It was also conveyed that India reserves the right to take further steps in response to the Trudeau government's support for extremism, violence and separatism against India.
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
That’s why, experts posit, Delhi has drawn a clear redline in local politics: No more separatism.
—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
Bugti’s death sparked a surge in separatism, and remains an open wound for the Baloch people, who have had their own richly distinct culture and language since long before Pakistan gained independence from the British in 1947.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
Over the last decade and a half, the widespread feeling that the United Kingdom was on its last legs was reflected in surging English nativism and Scottish, Welsh, and Irish separatism that in different ways threatened to pull the union apart.
—Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
That’s why, experts posit, Delhi has drawn a clear redline in local politics: No more separatism.
—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
Bugti’s death sparked a surge in separatism, and remains an open wound for the Baloch people, who have had their own richly distinct culture and language since long before Pakistan gained independence from the British in 1947.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024
Over the last decade and a half, the widespread feeling that the United Kingdom was on its last legs was reflected in surging English nativism and Scottish, Welsh, and Irish separatism that in different ways threatened to pull the union apart.
—Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for separatism
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Due to racial segregation, Black soldiers had only two options for entertainment venues close to Camp Robinson: Washington Avenue in North Little Rock and West Ninth Street in downtown Little Rock.Helaine Williams, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The specialized high schools, known as crown jewels of the city’s school system, have failed to admit a diverse group of students and been seen as a symbol of school segregation.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Snuffer is a lawyer who lives in Utah and was excommunicated from the LDS Church in 2013 for apostasy.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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This is the apostasy of the age, refusing to give these spiritually lost characters their proper complexity.Armond White, National Review, 8 May 2024
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There’s now a clear split between the Sun Belt and the Blue Wall A key schism has become deeper in recent weeks.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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The Boar’s Head family schism appears to pit Martin and Brunckhorst on one side, and Bischoff on the other.Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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With 53 senators in the next Congress, Republicans can afford up to three defections and still win votes via Vice President-elect JD Vance's tiebreaking vote.Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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The big picture: The late release means the House and Senate will have to scramble to approve it before current federal funding runs out on Friday — and avoid too many defections that could threaten its passage.Axios, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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Beyond tackling the prominent misconception that there were no more Indigenous people in the region, Abbott faced a multitude of challenges to increasing tribe membership.Andrea Durán, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
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That's a common misconception because, of course, famously Nosferatu was made without getting the rights to Dracula and Stoker's [estate] sued them for copyright infringement—tried to get the film destroyed, almost succeeded.Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2024
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The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 May 2022
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When the nucleus ultimately disintegrates, these pieces move apart rapidly and the neck snaps quickly, a process known as scission.Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2021
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“Separatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatism. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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