divisions

plural of division
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as in fences
something that divides, separates, or marks off we poked our heads over the division between the yards to see what the fuss was about

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as in departments
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization the complaints division handled all of the calls from the angry townsfolk

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as in distributions
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group the person in charge of the division of the profits among the business partners

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Recent Examples of divisions That change will be accompanied by significant alterations to the competition structure, which includes divisions and a new postseason format. Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 All three of those business reported record growth in their cloud divisions for their most recent earnings reports. Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 Michigan’s primary races will test the Democratic Party’s deepest divisions. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026 For the $20 billion-dollar parent company an outright sale would mark a complete exit from African sugar, freeing up capital to refocus on its core European foods divisions and flagship retail engine, Primark. Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Mandela believed sports could resolve racial barriers and divisions more effectively than governments. Charles Grantham, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Gold medalists Ryan Crouser (shot put), Regan Smith (swimming) and Jessica Long (para swimming) are the judges who will place three dogs and three cats as gold, silver and bronze medalists for their respective divisions. Pat Mueller, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, divisions have emerged among Iranian leaders over their goals. Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 Disney is cutting several hundred positions, with Pixar and National Geographic among the divisions most affected by the move. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 July 2026
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Noun
  • Too Much Vertical Hardscaping Walls and fences are conspicuous boundaries.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026
  • For more than a decade now, European and indeed American politicians have known that real, fake, enhanced, or context-free pictures of migrants jumping fences will immediately create a wave reaction.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
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  • The county executive’s chartered responsibilities include overseeing the county’s municipal departments, correcting errors in tax assessments, executing certain contracts, upholding the county charter and representing the county in general.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Early Tuesday morning, the volcano spewed lava that reached a height of about 300 meters (984 feet), triggering red alerts, evacuations, a highway’s closure, and the suspension of classes in three departments.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
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  • Since 2020, inflation for transformers and power regulators has surged the second most of all 47 categories that the Bureau of Labor Statistics measures in its monthly Producer Price Index, a gauge of wholesale inflation.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Disney says that 58 brands across 34 different categories have bought time during the game, with nine brands advertising for the first time.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Jumping into the air, doing the splits, screaming at the top of his lungs, smacking the ground.
    Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Dry mode is most common in mini-split and window AC units (and newer ones at that), but Chason says the feature is far more sophisticated and effective in mini splits.
    The Spruce, The Spruce, 31 July 2026
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  • Besides receiving a paycheck from the S Corporation, owners also receive distributions from the company’s profits according to the business’s governing documents.
    AllBusiness, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Those clubs own major stakes in RSNs, whose distributions are not included in the revenue-sharing formula.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.
    April Uchitel, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In every case, physical science, which is based on the evidence reported by these limited and limiting senses, eventually leaves us stranded with the conviction that sickness, accidents, and disasters – discords of every description, regardless of the apparent cause – are real and inevitable.
    Lisa Rennie Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Each seat is 19 inches wide with 39 inches of pitch with thoughtful features like a hard shell for easy reclining without disturbing surrounding fliers and privacy dividers attached to the headrest.
    Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Try hooks, dividers, or double-hang rods to increase closet organization.
    Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 16 July 2026
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  • Wednesday night, about 75 agencies from police to community groups, the mayor's office and district attorney's office came together for the One Downtown Task Force's public safety working session.
    Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Frank Yiannas, a former FDA deputy commissioner for food policy and response, said that the scale of the outbreak should be an alarm bell for America’s food industry and government agencies.
    Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Divisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divisions. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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