dividing line
noun
: a line or object that separates two areas
The dividing lines on the street were newly painted.
A fence marked the dividing line between the two properties.
—often used figurativelythe dividing line between right and wrong
Examples of dividing line in a Sentence
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Critics argue that the Conservatives are using asylum seekers to stoke culture wars and create a political dividing line with the opposition Labour Party, which enjoys a strong lead in polls.
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Stephen Castle, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
That dividing line is tough to pinpoint in real time, but the Fed uses models based on past data to ballpark it.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
As if someone had drawn a dividing line between them, the trees to the left are dead — killed by flooding a few years prior — while the others are alive.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
What’s the dividing line between ideology and socioeconomic status?
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2024
The best accumulating snow potential is north and west of the I-95 corridor
The I-95 corridor is likely to be near or located right on the rain and snow dividing line depending on the track of the storm.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2024
How much falls and where will depend on the storm’s path and where the rain/snow dividing line ends up.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2024
But Crandall Office Furniture uses June 26, 2013 as the dividing line, with a $54.99 part suitable for chairs made before that date and a $59.99 cylinder suitable for chairs made after that date.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
This included the eastern areas of prewar Poland annexed by Moscow under the terms of 1939’s Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, although Hitler’s death squads also roamed well to the west of the former dividing line between the Nazis and their Soviet accomplices.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 7 Jan. 2024
Stephen Castle, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
That dividing line is tough to pinpoint in real time, but the Fed uses models based on past data to ballpark it.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
As if someone had drawn a dividing line between them, the trees to the left are dead — killed by flooding a few years prior — while the others are alive.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
What’s the dividing line between ideology and socioeconomic status?
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2024
The best accumulating snow potential is north and west of the I-95 corridor
The I-95 corridor is likely to be near or located right on the rain and snow dividing line depending on the track of the storm.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2024
How much falls and where will depend on the storm’s path and where the rain/snow dividing line ends up.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2024
But Crandall Office Furniture uses June 26, 2013 as the dividing line, with a $54.99 part suitable for chairs made before that date and a $59.99 cylinder suitable for chairs made after that date.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
This included the eastern areas of prewar Poland annexed by Moscow under the terms of 1939’s Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, although Hitler’s death squads also roamed well to the west of the former dividing line between the Nazis and their Soviet accomplices.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 7 Jan. 2024
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