Thesaurus results for DIVIDER

divider

noun

də-ˈvī-dər

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 map carves more than 70,000 minority residents out of Cleaver’s district and used Troost Avenue, Kansas City’s historic racial dividing line, as a divider between the 4th and 5th Congressional Districts, The Star previously revealed. —

Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026 Use small containers or drawer dividers to organize items such as bobby pins, hair ties, and clips. —

Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026 This double-decker cosmetics case has a deep main compartment with a detachable, flexible divider insert and pouches for upright storage of full-size bottles and tools. —

Sarah Han, Allure, 15 Mar. 2026 Similarly, old sheets can be cut into strips and used to create soft dividers in drawers. —

Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for divider

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Noun

Hungarians living near the southern frontier, where Orbán made a show of building a border fence during the refugee crisis, are travelling to Croatia to buy cheap groceries.

— Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Using the HistoPad, visitors fly down a dirt road flanked by wooden snake rail fences to the intersection of Trade and Tryon streets.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026