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Recent Examples of divisional
The White Sox return home for a three-game divisional series against the Cleveland Guardians.
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Dave Hogg,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
In the first game of a three-game, four-day set between two divisional rivals, the two teams were about even until the seventh.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
Footwear News interviewed Daniela Orduña, divisional merchandise director at Coppel, and Viki Zabala, chief strategy and growth officer at First Insight, to get their perspective on using predictive AI in footwear merchandising.
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Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
The Broncos flipped the switch in the playoffs, forcing five turnovers in the divisional round victory against Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills.
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Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Philadelphia is still far behind in the divisional race, but that isn't important.
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David Troy Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
After Tuesday’s game at Miami, the Braves have two more divisional games with the Marlins yet to play, followed by a home series against a hot-hitting Washington Nationals team (also within the division) this weekend.
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Ken Sugiura,
AJC.com,
20 May 2026
If the divisional rivals continue to split results and struggle against outside foes, whoever wins the AL West could make history.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
As a result, while most of the athletes at the three divisional meets county-wide were hoping for personal bests, there were still those who used the meet to simply qualify and live for another week.
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Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
Dave Hogg,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
In the first game of a three-game, four-day set between two divisional rivals, the two teams were about even until the seventh.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
Footwear News interviewed Daniela Orduña, divisional merchandise director at Coppel, and Viki Zabala, chief strategy and growth officer at First Insight, to get their perspective on using predictive AI in footwear merchandising.
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Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
The Broncos flipped the switch in the playoffs, forcing five turnovers in the divisional round victory against Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills.
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Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Philadelphia is still far behind in the divisional race, but that isn't important.
—
David Troy Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
After Tuesday’s game at Miami, the Braves have two more divisional games with the Marlins yet to play, followed by a home series against a hot-hitting Washington Nationals team (also within the division) this weekend.
—
Ken Sugiura,
AJC.com,
20 May 2026
If the divisional rivals continue to split results and struggle against outside foes, whoever wins the AL West could make history.
—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
As a result, while most of the athletes at the three divisional meets county-wide were hoping for personal bests, there were still those who used the meet to simply qualify and live for another week.
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Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divisional
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The army chief said that in addition to the Daily Monitor, his closure directive also targeted local broadcaster NTV, also part of Nation Media Group.
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After Kinney's death was announced, friends, family members and local community members shared tributes to her on social media.
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Food and drink, of course, are among the attractions of a New Orleans journey, and the superb offerings at the hotel—under the direction of Executive Chef Dario Montelvere, a Robb Report culinary master—reflect the city’s heritage, from regional cuisine and local seafood to steakhouse dishes.
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The regional sales tax proposal would generate about $1 billion a year for multiple Bay Area transit agencies.
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That hypothesis remains tentative; the fossil record is fragmentary enough that ruling out opportunistic or scavenging behavior is difficult.
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Most of these ancient homes have long since returned to the soil, leaving archaeologists to piece together their stories from fragmentary evidence.
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Panic inside buildings Videos circulating on social media showed people rushing out of buildings in the capital, while some users reported partial collapses and damage to structures.
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The blaze ignited Wednesday at the nearly 500,000-square-foot cold storage facility run by a company called Lineage, beginning on the roof, which caused a partial collapse and moved the flames into the building, where 85 million pounds of food are stored.
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The results showed immediately and down the stretch as the Vikings won the DuKane Conference title outright and brought home their first-ever sectional title.
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In a renowned 2006 review published in Educational Research Review, researchers traced how working memory evolved from a simple storage system into a more dynamic, multi-component process.
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Much of Lofton’s research looks at developing a multi-level, multi-component food system intervention to address food insecurity inequities amongst Black American residents living in predominantly Black communities.
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Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s interior – to look for pneumonia or another infection.
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Because the data are cross-sectional, however, the researchers cannot determine whether the microbial shifts contribute to obesity or arise as a consequence of it.
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“Divisional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divisional. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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