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Recent Examples of separatism
Some Black critics, including W. E. B. Du Bois, denounced his Black separatist views and his relationship with the Ku Klux Klan, who shared Garvey's goal of racial separatism.
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Delano Massey, Axios, 4 Jan. 2025
Their son Ben, one of the four pastors—two men, two women—who succeeded them, described the church’s strategy as invasive separatism.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Once shunned at the G20 summit in 2014 after his annexation of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine and his stoking of separatism in Ukraine’s Donbas region, Putin was the man to speak to a year later.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Turkey Turkey supported some opposition groups and later began military operations in northern Syria, mainly to curb Kurdish separatism and prevent Kurdish forces from gaining too much power on its border.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Delano Massey, Axios, 4 Jan. 2025
Their son Ben, one of the four pastors—two men, two women—who succeeded them, described the church’s strategy as invasive separatism.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Once shunned at the G20 summit in 2014 after his annexation of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine and his stoking of separatism in Ukraine’s Donbas region, Putin was the man to speak to a year later.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Turkey Turkey supported some opposition groups and later began military operations in northern Syria, mainly to curb Kurdish separatism and prevent Kurdish forces from gaining too much power on its border.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for separatism
Noun
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The city integrated, but block-by-block segregation kept white and Black residents apart.—
Calvin Schermerhorn,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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Since 1869, segregation in Detroit public schools had been outlawed by the state’s Supreme Court.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Throughout its engagement with the OIC, the special envoy has prioritized the protection of human rights, routinely championing the equal rights of religious minorities and opposing laws that criminalize blasphemy and apostasy.—
Arsalan Suleman,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2017
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Whether his parents realize the extent of his apostasy isn’t clear.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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The schism is reaching a boiling point weeks before Oakland voters select a new permanent mayor — the only person who can hire or fire a city administrator.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Of course, there is now a clear schism among the major firms Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are fighting.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
29 Mar. 2025
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But by the time lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday, more than a dozen Republicans had voiced opposition to the resolution — far more than the mere three GOP defections that leaders could afford to lose on the vote with full attendance.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
10 Apr. 2025
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While a mass defection appears unlikely, some lawmakers – including strong Trump allies – are starting to cautiously speak out.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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One of the biggest misconceptions about book marketing is that there’s a one-size-fits-all approach.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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One of the most common misconceptions among IT personnel responsible for the recovery of systems after a destructive cyberattack like ransomware or a wiper is about what an indicator of compromise (IOC) is and its applicability to secure recovery.—
James Blake,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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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 24 Apr. 2025.
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