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 With Aiyuk, the 49ers have an elite separator who can get open on the outside to complement all their other weapons that do their damage inside, like tight end George Kittle, who can still easily beat linebackers and safeties. Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024 China dominates the advanced battery supply chains across the globe, including the refining of cobalt, copper, lithium, and nickel, as well as the production of anodes, separators, and electrolytes. Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2023 Many weren’t insulated well, while others had jagged edges inside that damaged the all-important separator. Tim Moynihan, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2017 Chinese companies are even more dominant in battery components, such as cathodes, anodes, separators and electrolytes. Shawn Tully, Fortune Europe, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for separator 
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Noun
  • The claim: Tim Walz violated election law by helping his son vote An Oct. 24 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a man leaning over the divider of a voting booth in a polling center and patting another person on the back.
    Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Business suites will feature a sliding door and a divider.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Repair and repaint bird houses, landscape furniture and fences.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
  • This colossus is surrounded by a corroded tin fence held up with bits of scrap wood.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Guards found Dahmer on the bathroom floor with severe head wounds from being hit with the bar and from his head being slammed into the wall.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • And the changes happening within the walls of these institutions might be even more significant than what customers see on the surface.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024

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“Separator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separator. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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