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Examples of great divide in a Sentence
many religions claim to know what happens after we cross the great divide
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Saltburn Writer and director Emerald Fennell’s second film is bound to cause great divides in your group chats.
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James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
Only director Sofia Coppola can straddle the great divide between trendy fan fodder and handcrafted jewelry.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 6 Nov. 2023
This activates a great wealth transfer to digital enterprises and innovators, but at the cost of a great disruption leading to potential marginalization and a great divide in humanity with superiority of AI and deep techs scaling toward technological singularity.
—Rachel Ooi, Forbes, 8 June 2022
And that’s where the great divide happens.
—Beth Segal, cleveland, 15 Apr. 2021
The PGA Tour’s showcase event also will be without defending champion Cam Smith, the latest reminder of professional golf’s great divide.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
Although negative empathy has proven to work with domestic animals, scholars have found a great divide among the creatures that human beings are willing to view as worthy of our emotions.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2022
The payroll disparities also resulted in a great divide of competitive balance among teams on the field.
—Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2022
The study shows a great divide in expectations between Black and White Americans.
—Simone E. Morris, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
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James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
Only director Sofia Coppola can straddle the great divide between trendy fan fodder and handcrafted jewelry.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 6 Nov. 2023
This activates a great wealth transfer to digital enterprises and innovators, but at the cost of a great disruption leading to potential marginalization and a great divide in humanity with superiority of AI and deep techs scaling toward technological singularity.
—Rachel Ooi, Forbes, 8 June 2022
And that’s where the great divide happens.
—Beth Segal, cleveland, 15 Apr. 2021
The PGA Tour’s showcase event also will be without defending champion Cam Smith, the latest reminder of professional golf’s great divide.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2023
Although negative empathy has proven to work with domestic animals, scholars have found a great divide among the creatures that human beings are willing to view as worthy of our emotions.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2022
The payroll disparities also resulted in a great divide of competitive balance among teams on the field.
—Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2022
The study shows a great divide in expectations between Black and White Americans.
—Simone E. Morris, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
the Great Divide, North American watershed
First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined above
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great divide
noun
: a watershed located between major drainage systems
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