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 Inside, there’s a mesh divider pocket to keep things tidy and the zippered closure keeps everything secure. Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025 Organize the drawers with dividers Fill every cabinet drawer with dividers to make extra room as a tool organizer for handhelds like hammers and other small items. Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025 Some of them hung in the air as room dividers, but most were covering surfaces. Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025 The car, traveling south on MacArthur, appeared to have cut the turn and struck the center divider, according to the Newport Beach Fire Department. Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for divider
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Noun
  • Prine’s legacy at Stella’s is remembered with a colorful mural painted on a large fence at the back of the restaurant’s courtyard.
    Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • One of the coaches was driving when the van left the road, broke through a fence and landed into a canal, Serbian outlets Večernje novosti and Danas reported.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On a recent day, a patron drank a Guinness at the bar amid walls are covered in funeral notices from people who had come for a drink after saying that final goodbye.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Kimpton Armory Hotel — Montana The Art Deco building in Bozeman was originally constructed in 1941 to serve as the Montana National Guard’s armory, featuring 18-inch-thick walls, a rifle range, a soundproof music room and space for military vehicles.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Another achievement in the bag The 40-second video shows the Oli humanoids standing opposite each other in a LimX laboratory on a square platform with a yellow strip acting as a separator line between them.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The significant contribution of the Kharkiv memo was the suggestion of how to remove the separators between the two masses of uranium, which was similar to the one considered for the first American atomic bomb.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Divider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divider. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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