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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divvied (up)
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Iran’s political spectrum has long been divided, with its leaders clashing over state policies and varying approaches to the West.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026 -
All risked treason for backing a cause that deeply divided the colonists and even divided Benjamin Franklin from his son.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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That money is not directly handed out to qualified organizations.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
5 May 2026
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The mural ceremony was held April 24 immediately after the school’s 50th annual district track meet, where Brown interacted with the participants and handed out ribbons.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Critics have argued the skyway makes the challenge of filling empty storefronts doubly difficult, as second-floor retail effectively splits a dwindling customer and retail base between two levels.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2026
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By Mark O’Connell The conservative media commentator split with the administration over the war in Iran.—
Susan Dominus Dina Litovsky Mark O’Connell Lulu Garcia-Navarro Amy X. Wang Nitsuh Abebe Linda Kinstler Lisa Sanders, M.D. Kwame Anthony Appiah John Hodgman,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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Why is there just one slot allotted this week for these artists who are women and making different kinds of music?—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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Balloting is a system where tickets for home matches are allotted at random to members who have applied for tickets, rather than an online queuing system.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Not to be redistributed, copied, or modified in any way.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Dylan Sherman,
Arkansas Online,
12 May 2026
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The memo was prepared by three top leaders of the Continuum of Care (CoC) board, a coalition that handles how federal money for homelessness prevention programs are doled out to organizations in the Kansas City region.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
12 May 2026
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The lottery drawing doled out some drastic repercussions, too.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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These surrogates live in California, Georgia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, and the newborns have been assigned to foster-care placements in their respective counties.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division recently began training with the Bumblebee V1 counter-drone system.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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The first wave of Social Security payments for May is scheduled to be distributed this week, following a normal schedule.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Created in partnership with Copper Books, works published under this partnership will be distributed nationally through Simon & Schuster.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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“Divvied (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divvied%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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