divvied (up)

verb

past tense of divvy (up)
as in shared (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divvied (up)
  1. divided
  2. handed out
  3. split
  4. allotted
  5. redistributed
  6. doled out
  7. assigned
  8. distributed
Verb
  • Men’s domestic cricket in Pakistan, aside from a brief spell from 2019 to 2023 while former Test captain Imran Khan was the country’s prime minister and instigated change, is divided between teams from regions and departments.
    — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Customer data, inventory visibility, budgets, and decision rights should not remain divided by channel.
    — Ayşe Çetinel, Harvard Business Review, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of divided
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  • Volunteers handed out 550 backpacks filled with school supplies, while barbers and stylists provided about 100 free haircuts.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Other suspensions Pearce was one of four suspensions the NFL handed out Friday.
    — Maura Carey, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of handed out
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  • While Sebastiaan Bornauw was staying wide on the right of the back three, Trafford came out to split Tarik Muharemovic and Jaka Bijol, offering them a passing option.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The admission, an aside in a wide-ranging interview, raised eyebrows in the recovery community given the star’s very public embrace of sobriety after joining a 12-step program following his 2016 split from wife Angelina Jolie.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of split
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  • For a long time, the prime real estate for podcast discovery was Apple’s iTunes, where new podcasts were allotted their own row for a week.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Experts say the vast majority of nonprofits cap the amount of vacation time an employee can accrue, most often to one-and-a-half times the vacation hours allotted to them for a single year.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of allotted
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  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    — Jack W. Hill, Arkansas Online, 15 July 2026
  • This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 July 2026
Definition of redistributed
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  • Chinese funds are also doled out on an ad hoc basis with little transparency.
    — Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The billionaire philanthropist, novelist, and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has doled out more than $26 billion to charity during the past few years, but has done so without much fanfare.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of doled out
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  • Correction officer Eric Bonner was assigned to monitor the inmates in the unit where Guaranda was being housed, the report said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Night-flying aircraft have been assigned to the incident, Cal Fire said.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of assigned
Verb
  • The company said its network reaches more than 700 million viewers in India and is distributed in over 150 countries.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Within urban communities Hoodoo became increasingly commercialized, its ritual material distributed through supply houses, sold in stores, and advertised in the growing African American media.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of distributed
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