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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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2
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 categories
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
one of the major divisions of birds
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as in splits
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces
the assembly line was a major development in the division of labor among workers
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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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as in discords
a lack of agreement or harmony
that church has been racked by division for some time now, and a split into two denominations seems unavoidable
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Recent Examples of divisions
The unrest comes after years of political divisions following the tenure of socialist President Evo Morales, whose Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) dominated Bolivian politics for nearly two decades.
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Armando Regil Velasco,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
This is consistent with moves the company has made in other divisions, including Chromebooks and the upcoming Googlebook range, which is expected in the Fall.
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Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
In 1959, Kartell started growing beyond furniture into lighting — among the brand’s best-performing divisions.
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David Moin,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
Comcast is spinning off its entertainment and technology divisions into separate companies.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
China's Commerce Ministry on Monday placed 20 Japanese entities, including multiple divisions of Mitsubishi Corporation, on a control list, which prohibits Chinese and foreign exporters from selling to them dual-use items made in China.
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ABC News,
29 June 2026
While there were two last-place finishers in 2024 who made the leap atop their divisions in 2025, there were still five fourth-place finishers from 2024 that ended up in the same spot at the end of the 2025 season.
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Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The process of drafting the final ruling can be slowed because of those divisions.
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Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2026
In 2019, the district attorney’s office of Fulton County, Georgia, opened one of an increasing number of Conviction Integrity Units – known as CIUs – divisions that look into claims of false convictions.
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Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Armando Regil Velasco,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
This is consistent with moves the company has made in other divisions, including Chromebooks and the upcoming Googlebook range, which is expected in the Fall.
—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
In 1959, Kartell started growing beyond furniture into lighting — among the brand’s best-performing divisions.
—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
Comcast is spinning off its entertainment and technology divisions into separate companies.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
China's Commerce Ministry on Monday placed 20 Japanese entities, including multiple divisions of Mitsubishi Corporation, on a control list, which prohibits Chinese and foreign exporters from selling to them dual-use items made in China.
—
ABC News,
29 June 2026
While there were two last-place finishers in 2024 who made the leap atop their divisions in 2025, there were still five fourth-place finishers from 2024 that ended up in the same spot at the end of the 2025 season.
—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The process of drafting the final ruling can be slowed because of those divisions.
—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2026
In 2019, the district attorney’s office of Fulton County, Georgia, opened one of an increasing number of Conviction Integrity Units – known as CIUs – divisions that look into claims of false convictions.
—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divisions
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The fire is moving so rapidly that authorities urged ranchers and residents to cut their fences so their animals might have a better chance of surviving.
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Law enforcement officials frequently draw virtual fences around areas of interest and require Google to identify every cellphone in the area using cell location history.
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Other departments have shared such images with the public sooner.
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Stretching across a large swath of the National Mall, the fair has dozens of pavilions for 56 states and territories and numerous executive-branch departments, in addition to a Ferris wheel, a rodeo, and other displays from companies and organizations, many of them Trump-aligned.
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The exemptions typically apply to vulnerable populations like people who live in communal environments, healthcare workers and other categories, the staffer said.
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Prime Day brings an overwhelming amount of discounts across popular product categories.
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Maureen Groppe Get ready for some ideological splits.
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Public discussions surrounding prop firm success typically focus on marketing, challenge design, profit splits and trader acquisition.
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Under normal circumstances, distributions from a traditional 401(k) are taxed as ordinary income.
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Second, the sample was weighted using energy balancing, which finds weights by minimizing the energy distance — a statistical measure of the difference between two multivariate distributions — between the survey and the target population.
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Your dedicated Slack channels, private discords and endless Reddit threads.
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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.
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Business class will feature 52 lie-flat suites in a 1-2-1 configuration with privacy dividers and an 18-inch entertainment screen.
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Use shoeboxes to sort socks, jewelry, or makeup; lids can act as dividers to sort further by category.
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Officials said the search operations, conducted by multiple agencies, were focused on the water and shoreline.
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Hobbs said the difference is that federal agencies often warned states of threats before attacks occurred.
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“Divisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divisions. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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