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The phrase "a separate thing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is distinct or different from something else being discussed.
Example: "While the two projects are related, they are ultimately a separate thing that requires its own resources and attention."
Alternatives: "an independent matter" or "a distinct issue".
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Is that a separate thing entirely?
Then it stopped being a separate thing".
It's not a separate thing," she said.
But of course "the story" is not a separate thing at all.
No, maps is part of search; it's not a separate thing.
Your personal dignity seems a separate thing from that to me.
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Cutting them out, in the mistaken belief that math is a wholly separate thing, does students a grave disservice.
"They were like, 'It's either going to be a spinoff of 'The Office' or a totally separate thing,' " Mr. Ansari said.
He told Marc Zanotti of Australian website MusicFeeds that the new material was "not like a continuation of the record we've just made, it's a completely separate thing the next step; the next progression".
I'm talking generally, not in the romantic sense, that's a whole separate thing".
The noise around it is a very separate thing from the show itself".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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