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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
The solution is to rejuvenate your plants every two to three years by digging and dividing the clump.
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Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
The main way to do that is by selling their tickets in virtually every state, rather than dividing up the country into different competing territories.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Views are calculated by dividing the total number of hours watched by the content’s total runtime.
—Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
GameDay set up its studio in the Arrowhead parking lot with a space dubbed State Line Road dividing MU and KU fans.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
She was also accused of dividing $120,000 in Australian currency into separate plastic bags and having friends carry them in their luggage during an August 2014 trip.
—Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The likelihood of Western states reaching a consensus on a plan for the future of the Colorado River is dimming as time runs out for the negotiators tasked with dividing up the shrinking river relied upon by 40 million people.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
According to the July 31 lawsuit, talks about the idea of dividing the district began as early as May 2024.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
Trustees for the Orland Park Fire Protection District voted Tuesday to increase restrictions on public participation in board meetings, dividing the board between trustees elected in 2023 against those elected in May 2025.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
The main way to do that is by selling their tickets in virtually every state, rather than dividing up the country into different competing territories.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Views are calculated by dividing the total number of hours watched by the content’s total runtime.
—Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
GameDay set up its studio in the Arrowhead parking lot with a space dubbed State Line Road dividing MU and KU fans.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
She was also accused of dividing $120,000 in Australian currency into separate plastic bags and having friends carry them in their luggage during an August 2014 trip.
—Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The likelihood of Western states reaching a consensus on a plan for the future of the Colorado River is dimming as time runs out for the negotiators tasked with dividing up the shrinking river relied upon by 40 million people.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
According to the July 31 lawsuit, talks about the idea of dividing the district began as early as May 2024.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
Trustees for the Orland Park Fire Protection District voted Tuesday to increase restrictions on public participation in board meetings, dividing the board between trustees elected in 2023 against those elected in May 2025.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dividing
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Thurman, 55, filed for divorce from Hawke in 2004, after separating the year before.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Joy and grief, there’s no separating the two, period.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 Aug. 2025
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Adversaries appear as competing bids, regulatory hurdles or stakeholders with diverging agendas.—
Jessica Billingsley,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Morgan Stanley strategists attributed the diverging paths for the economy and the market to the varying impacts that the specific policy changes have had on different sectors of the market, and those segments’ differently weighted share of the total S & P 500 market capitalization.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
23 Aug. 2025
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The tractor-trailer, carrying beverages, rode along the median barrier, splitting open from the side and spilling bottles across the roadway, the fire department posted on Facebook.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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At last, Wednesday season 2 part 2 has arrived after Netflix’s annoying month-long break, splitting the season into two halves of four.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The 50-year-old Dutchman had been without a club since parting company with Turkish outfit Besiktas last November.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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Of course, there was still the series' finale to look forward to and consider — at least that might leave audiences with a blissful, parting image of Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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My ultra earbuds keeps disconnecting randomly, and also first connection is problematic.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
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The four-wheel-drive system features a disconnecting rear axle to improve fuel economy.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Schools, churches, small shops that survived the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed over 300,000 are now a pile of rubble, part of the apocalyptic landscape left behind by the retreating forces that control almost all of Haiti’s capital.—
Johnny Fils-Aimé,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Water is rapidly replacing ice along the coastal plain of southeastern Alaska, where glaciers are thinning and retreating, with meltwater forming lakes off of their fronts, NASA says.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Dividing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dividing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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