as in divided
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 divorced
Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Sometimes your boyfriend breaks up with you to be with an older divorced mom and that's a good thing.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Leaders may not realize how many of their members are single, divorced or widowed.
—Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026
In near-future Los Angeles, soon-to-be-divorced and terribly lonely Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) falls in love with Samantha, an AI operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson).
—David Faris, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2026
John was a 62-year-old divorced doctor.
—Rebecca Edmisten, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Who is Hollywood’s most divorced man?
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
The couple divorced after his arrest and his family's detention.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
This is a 26-year-old zoomer, the child of divorced parents.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
El Gamal has since divorced the children's father, Mohammed Soliman, whose family has said spent little time at home before the incident and was often withdrawn.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Plumb married in 1979 at 21 and divorced two years later.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
The pair, who married in 1995 and later divorced in 2008, also share a younger son, Jermajesty Jermaine Jackson, born in 2000.
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
El Gamal, who divorced Soliman after his arrest, has condemned the Boulder attack and said the family had no knowledge of any plans for it.
—Reuters, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
But the image of the jovial professor, divorced from the messiness of the politics of the day after his own resignation in a COVID-era scandal in 2022, didn’t quite square with the reality of his time in Miami.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
When she was freshly divorced, Knowles began chronicling her life as a personal project.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
Nicolson and Welles, who had married in 1934 when both were just 19 years old, divorced in 1940.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Shields' mother Teri and father Frank were married briefly but divorced months after Shields was born; Frank welcomed three more kids with his second wife, as well as step-parented her two elder children as well.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Sometimes your boyfriend breaks up with you to be with an older divorced mom and that's a good thing.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Leaders may not realize how many of their members are single, divorced or widowed.
—Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026
In near-future Los Angeles, soon-to-be-divorced and terribly lonely Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) falls in love with Samantha, an AI operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson).
—David Faris, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2026
John was a 62-year-old divorced doctor.
—Rebecca Edmisten, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Who is Hollywood’s most divorced man?
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
The couple divorced after his arrest and his family's detention.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
This is a 26-year-old zoomer, the child of divorced parents.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
Odom was divorced from Herbert Odom, a prominent Black South Side dentist and amateur boxer.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
El Gamal has since divorced the children's father, Mohammed Soliman, whose family has said spent little time at home before the incident and was often withdrawn.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Plumb married in 1979 at 21 and divorced two years later.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
The pair, who married in 1995 and later divorced in 2008, also share a younger son, Jermajesty Jermaine Jackson, born in 2000.
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
El Gamal, who divorced Soliman after his arrest, has condemned the Boulder attack and said the family had no knowledge of any plans for it.
—Reuters, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
But the image of the jovial professor, divorced from the messiness of the politics of the day after his own resignation in a COVID-era scandal in 2022, didn’t quite square with the reality of his time in Miami.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
When she was freshly divorced, Knowles began chronicling her life as a personal project.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
Nicolson and Welles, who had married in 1934 when both were just 19 years old, divorced in 1940.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divorced
Adjective
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He got separated, then un-separated, then his wife gave birth during a car crash, then his wife blew up.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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The collaboration aims to create a recycling system at MP Materials' Mountain Pass refinery, where MP Materials will recycle end-of-life and other magnet materials to make separated oxides.—
Brit McCandless Farmer,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Despite their size, canister vacuums provide better weight distribution and are easier on your body because the weight is divided into two parts.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2026
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My mom was very upset that the inheritance was not divided up equally and asked me several times why my portion would be so much larger.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Downriver from the Shoshone Falls are the Pillar Falls, a low waterfall split by rock pillars.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Wood’s colleague and head winemaker Kurtis Ogasawara tells Robb Report this wine requires a couple of tweaks in the vineyard and winery that begin with walking the block prior to harvest and splitting it up into smaller sections based on flavor development.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Arsenal manager invoked a bed of roses and the accompaniment of celestial music and formed an expression to suggest anyone expecting that was evidently disconnected from the reality of a Premier League title race.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Once the heating process is complete, the pressure vessel is disconnected from the Mothership.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Divorced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divorced. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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