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as in to split
to set or force apart
in your head you need to divorce your wishes and fantasies from the realities of the world as it is
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Recent Examples of divorce
Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Cornyn’s campaign responded with a taunt over Paxton’s divorce and cheating scandal.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
Hunt, a singer, has been divorced once.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
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Noun
DivorceCare, a ministry group that supports men and women in their recovery from separation and divorce.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Cornyn’s campaign responded with a taunt over Paxton’s divorce and cheating scandal.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
Soon after, it was revealed that he and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson would both be evicted from Royal Lodge, where Andrew had lived since 2003 and Sarah had lived since 2008 (despite the former couple being divorced since 1996).
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
Hunt, a singer, has been divorced once.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divorce
Noun
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Bad Bunny keeps his personal life pretty private, and he hasn't been confirmed to be dating anyone since his breakup with Kendall Jenner in 2024.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
9 Feb. 2026
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Most of the time, breakups are supposed to be clean-cut endings—no second thoughts, no leftover feelings, and generally, no contact.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Instead of one big weekly grocery trip, shoppers are splitting their carts between a warehouse club and a traditional supermarket.—
Alexandria Mansfield,
Florida Times-Union,
8 Feb. 2026
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Michigan State starting on Valentine’s Day, the Bruins wrapped up their three-game homestand on a positive note after splitting the first two, a one-point, double-overtime loss to Indiana followed by a 22-point blowout of Rutgers in which five players scored in double digits.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Intertextuality is described by Scarlett Barton in perhaps the opposite way, as linked to Roland Barthes’ observation that the author is dead, and that the text is the dissolution of every kind of voice, every beginning and core.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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In 2023, the Move Forward Party campaigned on curbing royal powers, though efforts to reform Thailand’s draconian royal defamation law, known as lèse-majesté or Article 112, were deemed unconstitutional and led to the party’s dissolution by the Constitutional Court.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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His piece of genius separated the sides entering the 84th minute but during a chaotic finale, the hosts conspired to grab defeat from the jaws of victory.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The alienation that message creates—particularly in combination with extreme partisanship—has the potential to reshape the way Americans interact with their neighbors, schools, employers, churches, and democratic institutions.—
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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While his early films were about becoming human again, about using the fiction of cinema to make someone more real, his recent work has tacked in the opposite direction—intensifying alienation to such an extent that the human disappears.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said the two men were hit near the ceasefire line that divides Gaza, with one half under Israeli military control.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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Developer Scott Gibbel had initially presented plans for three buildings on the site, but, following mixed reviews from commissioners at a meeting in December, the proposal was revised, with a 218,700 square-foot structure divided into two separate buildings.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This severance from Turkey has created a phantom limb experience for me and my brothers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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While this could save the companies some money on possible severance costs in the short term, the overhaul could ultimately be costly for the companies’ reputations.—
Sarah Jackson,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Investigators have said that Nancy Guthrie's video doorbell and pacemaker app were both disconnected overnight.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel attempted to reach out to the owners for more information on the closure, however the business' website was no longer operational, the phone number was disconnected and the email listed on its Facebook page bounced back.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Divorce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divorce. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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