divvies (up)

present tense third-person singular of divvy (up)

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Verb
  • That test soon divides matter, even for a far from sensitive ear, into what reads well & what reads tamely, haltingly, jerkily, lopsidedly, top-heavily, or otherwise badly.
    Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • And a road divides the two habitats.
    Owen Clarke, Outside, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even with one false impression exposed, splits in perception become a running theme of Season 5.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
  • An Einstein Cross forms when the gravity of galaxies in the foreground bends and splits the light of a more distant galaxy into four distinct images.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Tension boiled over when Boston Public Health Commissioner Bisola Ojikutu, a top Wu administration official, said the city hands out more than 80,000 needles per month to drug users.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The state hands out the money based on student attendance.
    Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nick Benz-Bushling doles out Johnathan's medications.
    Kate Snow, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Philanthropy is important to the company, which annually doles out millions of dollars in scholarships to its team members, grants via its charities, food donations and more.
    George A. Paul, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This requires investment in upskilling and reskilling programs that would leave no worker behind, as well as a form of shared sovereignty that redistributes profits in a more equitable way.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Divvies (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divvies%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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