unmixing

verb

present participle of unmix
as in dividing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmixing
  1. dividing
  2. separating
  3. divorcing
  4. cleaving
  5. scattering
  6. splitting
Verb
  • With popularity dating back to the 1950s, open-concept layouts are floor plans that intentionally don’t have any dividing walls between rooms to create one large space.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The case has become a national cultural fixation and a social media spectacle, gripping and dividing spectators well beyond the Massachusetts courtroom where the 36-year-old mother is charged with killing her three young children.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of dividing
Verb
  • Set within its own natural lagoon on the southernmost tip of the Raa Atoll, the ocean stretches out as far as the eye can see, with hardly a blip separating sea, horizon, and sky.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
  • A couple years before that, the state began disaggregating data on Asian and Pacific Islanders, by separating Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander groups.
    — Sharon Udasin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of separating
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  • Affleck married Jennifer Lopez in 2022, divorcing two years later.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • State media has reported cases of officials divorcing to conceal the proceeds of crime.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of divorcing
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  • It can be made cleanly by cleaving the hydrogen out of water using clean electricity.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Imagine a termite carving a path like a jumbled ball of string through a tree trunk, instead of an axe cleaving a single vector.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaving
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  • Dark, light-absorbing particles turn into light-scattering particles, transforming dark, dense plumes into the milky white haze seen drifting across the eastern skies.
    — Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Let your originality help the group without scattering the agenda.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of scattering
Verb
  • Here's why the attorney general race is splitting longtime Republicans known for their legal authority in the state.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Cook in 20-second increments to prevent the kernels from splitting open.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of splitting
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“Unmixing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmixing. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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