1
as in separates
to set or force apart
volunteers divided the donated groceries into several dozen piles
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2
as in parts
to go or move in different directions from a central point
the group divided based on those who wanted to go swimming and those who didn't
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Recent Examples of divides
Aswin Saravanan,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Defections across the land border that divides the peninsula are relatively rare, as the area is densely forested, ridden with landmines and monitored by soldiers on both sides.
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CBS News,
24 June 2026
The struggle for the throne divides the Targaryen house and drags Westeros into a bloody conflict destined to forever alter the balance of power in the realm.
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Francesca Pellegrini,
Vanity Fair,
22 June 2026
The Enneagram is a personality system, with a soupçon of woo-woo, that divides people into nine types.
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Jennifer Noyes,
Air Mail,
20 June 2026
Over the previous four seasons, FX's The Bear has been one of the best TV shows ever to explore how food connects us and divides us, featuring tremendous performances and surprising twists.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
19 June 2026
The enclave has seen near-daily strikes, as well as shelling and gunfire along the boundary that divides Gaza into Israeli and Palestinian-controlled zones.
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Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
Infantino divides opinion across the soccer landscape.
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Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
How Cycle Syncing Works Cycle syncing divides the roughly 28-day menstrual cycle into four hormonal phases and assigns different foods, workouts and work priorities to each.
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Allison Palmer
updated June 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
Verb
What divides them is the type of finance work being transformed.
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Aswin Saravanan,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Defections across the land border that divides the peninsula are relatively rare, as the area is densely forested, ridden with landmines and monitored by soldiers on both sides.
—
CBS News,
24 June 2026
The struggle for the throne divides the Targaryen house and drags Westeros into a bloody conflict destined to forever alter the balance of power in the realm.
—
Francesca Pellegrini,
Vanity Fair,
22 June 2026
The Enneagram is a personality system, with a soupçon of woo-woo, that divides people into nine types.
—
Jennifer Noyes,
Air Mail,
20 June 2026
Over the previous four seasons, FX's The Bear has been one of the best TV shows ever to explore how food connects us and divides us, featuring tremendous performances and surprising twists.
—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
19 June 2026
The enclave has seen near-daily strikes, as well as shelling and gunfire along the boundary that divides Gaza into Israeli and Palestinian-controlled zones.
—
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
Infantino divides opinion across the soccer landscape.
—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
How Cycle Syncing Works Cycle syncing divides the roughly 28-day menstrual cycle into four hormonal phases and assigns different foods, workouts and work priorities to each.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divides
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When baked in a very hot oven, butter contains enough water to form steam, which separates doughs into layers of flaky pastry.
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This is where discipline separates an uncomfortable opportunity from a value trap.
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Trever parts his hair to the right while his brother styles his combover to the left.
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Later, Hamilton parts the sea on his kick scooter, speedily escaping from the hectic press area.
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Showdowns over international inspectors caused years of disputes between the US and Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and more recently Iran.
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Council members ultimately said the purpose of the sister city program was to build relationships between communities, not to settle international political disputes.
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In the Tetons, many also come with incredible head-on views of the namesake peaks.
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Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.
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Bonda also volunteered at a mobile library project started by expat Debra Blake and Carol Woodruff, who splits time between Southern California and Baja.
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The rest of the album splits the difference between this newfound scrappiness and the skyscraping edifices Madeon built his name on.
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Use social listening and qualitative research to surface where reality diverges from the model.
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There’s a specific moment in the story where Kaplan diverges and Teddy and the audience stay together.
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So, too, does the idea that a soccer coach could close fissures that even the well-meaning among career politicians have failed to seal.
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The group is particularly interested in suspending, fracturing, and reconstructing time through which othered bodies and identities pass, and in exploring the attendant emerging fissures.
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SpaceX, which owns the xAI business along with rockets, is already worth more than $2 trillion after its stock’s ballyhooed debut on Nasdaq this month, with sharp rises and falls along the way.
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The consequences are unpleasant, but can also turn dangerous very quickly as body temperature rises.
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