Proper
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Necromancer: The practitioners of Reanimation Magic (though noted as being separate from Necromancy proper).
- The city proper and its suburbs have separate nicknames based on their telephone area codes.
Source: Fan Nickname -
Hardcore Techno (in spite of the name, often considered a genre separate from Techno proper)
Source: Electronic Music
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Separate and Proper. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/proper/separate
Proper & Separate. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/proper/separate>.
Separate or Proper. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/proper/separate.
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