DIVIDING Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

dividing

verb

present participle of divide

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 In Topawa, guests visit the Tohono O’odham Cultural Center to learn how the desert’s original stewards have flourished for millennia despite the modern line dividing their ancestral lands. —

Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026 Today’s wealthy are increasingly dividing their fortunes between multiple advisors based on their specialties, rather than relying on one or two trusted firms. —

Robert Frank, CNBC, 4 June 2026 In a country where the fight for peace has long been a part of the political ethos, the question of how to address the conflict is once again dividing the country. —

ABC News, 31 May 2026 Her biggest takeaway for other DIYers is that dividing projects into their smallest pieces can help whole-room transformations feel more achievable. —

Megan Baker Detloff, The Spruce, 31 May 2026 The encounter, captured on video, quickly gained international attention, dividing those who believed the zoo was in the right to kill Harambe for the child's safety, and others who found the act inhumane. —

Greta Cross, USA Today, 28 May 2026 By 1997, Ultimate Fighting began to join more conventional combat sports in dividing fighters into weight classes, for safety’s sake. —

Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 28 May 2026 The False Comfort Of The Status Quo With firewalls in place, VLANs dividing the network and perimeter defenses monitoring network traffic, security and business leaders often believe their current controls are enough to hold attackers at bay until the next investment cycle. —

Jaushin Lee, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Perhaps with patience and practice, conversations like these can build empathy, promote compromise and begin to disassemble the walls dividing us. —

Lisa Pavia-Higel, The Conversation, 27 May 2026

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Storm forecasts on the horizon Hundreds or even thousands of shooting stars may be seen burning through Earth's skies each hour during one of these intense meteor storm events, though the distance separating micrometeoroids in space would still likely be measured on the order of miles.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 June 2026
Every month, the site drops new fashion finds, but for the untrained eye, separating the newness from the nostalgia is no small feat.

— Annie Blackman, InStyle, 6 June 2026