Definition of separatornext
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 Riders must find the elusive Lego brick separator — used to take apart Lego bricks — and use it to break up the Lego asteroid. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026 Fernández addressed it plainly afterward, pointing to the giveaways as the separator in a game that got away from his team early and never came back. C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026 Or strain it into a fat separator. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026 Smith-Njigba, according to Fantasy Points Data, was the second-best separator against man coverage this season among receivers with at least 240 routes run. Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for separator
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Noun
  • Aerial footage showed the victim's car parked next to the center divider.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • This is a room divider with hangers; on top is a mirror in the shape of his silhouette that sits in his apartment.
    Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Left fielder Amy Cornelius made a running grab just before the fence with a runner on first base to close the second.
    Dan Albano, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Then there’s Bob, a western fence lizard that’s taken up residence at the top of stairs that lead to the crossing.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Miguel Vargas then hit a liner that got over the left-field wall for back-to-back home runs.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Nature’s drones are male bees that build the walls and octagonal cells of the hive and die after mating.
    Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026

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“Separator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/separator. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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