formal separation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformalandseparation
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formal
adjective
uk/ˈfɔː.məl/us/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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separation
noun
uk/ˌsep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
a situation in which two or more people or things ...
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(Definition offormalandseparationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofformal separation
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First, all children were experiencing their firstformalseparationfrom their biological family.
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Unfortunately, thisformalseparationand constraint may not in fact be effective.
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Where a reconciliation failed, relatives on both sides might assist in drawing up aformalseparationagreement.
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Theformalseparationof the two systems allows the theory to refer to heads and gridmarks independently.
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There is a six-month period of reflection for those couples with children or two years'formalseparation.
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The most significant 1969 modification was theformalseparationof two electoral rolls by race.
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This egalitarian spirit is also reflected by a lack offormalseparationbetween fellows and students.
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They had no children, and later broke up and filed for aformalseparation.
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This caused theformalseparationof the museum from the university in 1909.
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There may be much more uncertainty about whether an unmarried relationship has ended than there is with a marriage, where there is a divorce orformalseparation.
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By the end of the 1990s, the growing needs of the school necessitated itsformalseparationfrom the church.
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It seems that in reality the marriage was over although there was no divorce orformalseparation.
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A longstanding legal battle for alimony followed the couple'sformalseparationin 1659, lasting virtually until their deaths.
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The only course left to the husband if his wife is neglectful or illtreats the children is desertion, and then he has no certainty of getting aformalseparation.
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Due to the lack of other evidence for warfare, the palisade appears to have been more for ritual orformalseparationthan for military purposes.
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This implies that collisions of aircraft in free flight should be extremely rare in en-route airspace, whereas operational errors such as violations offormalseparationstandards should be relatively common.
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