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The phrase "separate and apart" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is a phrase used to refer to something that is distinct and distinct, notably two people or two things. Example: The siblings had to live separate and apart for many years because of their parents' divorce.
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Or do they want to keep themselves separate and apart?
The probation violation "is separate and apart from the actual punishment for this offense," she said.
"But at the end of the day, this issue is separate and apart from our bid.
"Separate and apart from the pending indictment, our investigation remains active and ongoing.
"It's separate and apart, though compatible with what Vodafone is doing overseas.
And then - standing separate and apart - is Cruise himself, intoning his lines in pureblood American.
The word "people" implies a nation, separate and apart, she said.
Drug addiction is best treated by health professionals, separate and apart from the criminal justice system.
The sexes are separate and, apart from members of the family Bonelliidae, superficially alike.
"They seem to trust him, separate and apart from any particular thing that he says or does.
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To add to the potential confusion here, the majority also opined that "[c]orporations, 'separate and apart from' the human beings who own, run, and are employed by them, cannot do anything at all".
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