as in fence
something that divides, separates, or marks off placed a divider across the gym so we could have two activities going on at once

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Recent Examples of divider The crash caused the truck to brush up against the concrete dividers, causing the trailer to be forced open. Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025 When the toilet is retracted away and the sink folded into the wall, an accordion divider wall extends out over them to create a clean rear wall that turns the busy space into a dedicated shower room. New Atlas, 26 July 2025 Target and Dollar Tree sold 8-count binder divider tabs rather than 5-count. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025 Until now, the most high-profile court case involving Tesla Autopilot was probably the California trial over the death of Walter Huang, who was killed in 2018 when his Tesla Model X steered itself into a concrete highway divider. Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for divider
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Noun
  • New turf, new lights, new fences, new dugouts, new scoreboards and new roads leading to the field.
    The Tennessean, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Human beings have spent millennia building homes, fences, and societies to separate ourselves from nature (and for good reasons).
    Marc Berman August 15, Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Modern Pod Prefab Tiny Home At the core of this 19-foot-long pod-style home are reinforced interlocking joints and multi-layer walls that are designed to withstand extreme weather, according to the seller.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Organic matter was found inside the ice machine and on the walls of the cold holding unit.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The separator is the membrane between the anode and cathode, which allows lithium ions to pass through but prevents a short circuit.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • Ionescu’s command of the Starry ball (worth three points) was the separator.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 19 July 2025

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“Divider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divider. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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