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as in separating
to set or force apart
volunteers divided the donated groceries into several dozen piles
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as in diverging
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 dividing
Where to Stay While Umbria isn’t massive, dividing your trip into at least two home bases is highly recommended to appreciate the region’s slower tempo.
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John Skelton, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
Sympodial orchids must be propagated by dividing them, not pruning or trimming them.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
The space, which is flowing with soju and Korean beers, is modeled after the busy streets of Seoul, South Korea, with a screen projecting the cityscape and a dividing wall designed to look like a newsstand.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
By dividing costs into smaller installments, the model makes coverage more attainable for people who can’t afford a large deposit all at once.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Simply dividing $135 million by that number of properties yields an average tax of $12,735 per property.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Just as a conjurer saws a lady in half, the movie keeps dividing its characters and relationships.
—Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Discussions have been held about dividing Madrid’s football operations from their business operations and letting speculators invest in the latter — although how (or if) that would work in practice is a moot point.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Needless to say, its overload of ideas — all rooted in reality, and true to the moment — did not land to universal praise, dividing audiences in the way that big, experimental films often tend to on the Riviera.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
John Skelton, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
Sympodial orchids must be propagated by dividing them, not pruning or trimming them.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
The space, which is flowing with soju and Korean beers, is modeled after the busy streets of Seoul, South Korea, with a screen projecting the cityscape and a dividing wall designed to look like a newsstand.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
By dividing costs into smaller installments, the model makes coverage more attainable for people who can’t afford a large deposit all at once.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Simply dividing $135 million by that number of properties yields an average tax of $12,735 per property.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Just as a conjurer saws a lady in half, the movie keeps dividing its characters and relationships.
—Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Discussions have been held about dividing Madrid’s football operations from their business operations and letting speculators invest in the latter — although how (or if) that would work in practice is a moot point.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Needless to say, its overload of ideas — all rooted in reality, and true to the moment — did not land to universal praise, dividing audiences in the way that big, experimental films often tend to on the Riviera.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dividing
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Yet, asked specifically about the fine hairs separating the top three undefeated teams in this first ranking, Mack Rhoades, the committee chair and athletic director at Baylor, sounded like a man torn between numbers and gut feelings.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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To overcome the challenge, the scientists used state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to sift through massive amounts of data, separating the elusive tWZ signal from background noise.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Consider a night out with friends, and the diverging consequences of buying a round of shots versus opening up Instagram.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Now, among residents aged 15 to 49, those rates are about 5% higher, a pattern that began diverging in the 2000s and has steadily widened.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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After splitting the first two games of the Fall Classic in Toronto, an 18-inning Game 3 went to the Dodgers in thrilling walk-off fashion, but since that fateful Freddie Freeman swing, the Dodgers have been outscored, 12-3, in the next two games.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Judge Melissa Moore Murphy also ordered Snelling to serve out the remainder of her house arrest at the home of her father, as opposed to splitting her time between both her mother and father's home as outlined in the court's initial pretrial release conditions.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Daedone persuaded the swelling ranks of OM enthusiasts, givers and receivers alike, to join an experiment in communal living, gradually parting them from their wealth and autonomy.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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That was one guest’s parting words to another, after Tuesday night’s dinner for the inaugural Tom Wolfe Prizes for Fiction & Reportage at the Waverly Inn.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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In light of the delays, the NEADA is calling on utilities to suspend the practice of disconnecting service for households who don’t pay their bills until federal LIHEAP funds are released.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Failing to install the device, or disconnecting or tampering with it, could result in a $600 fine or six months in jail.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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With nothing but West Ham’s rapidly retreating defence in front of him, and an instant four-on-four, Guimaraes drove forward before picking out Murphy to his right, in a position to isolate left-back El Hadji Malick Diouf with a one-vs-one.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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After retreating behind the walls of Culloden Parks, the remaining fighters soon surrendered.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Dividing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dividing. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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