DIVVYING (UP) Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

divvying (up)

verb

present participle of divvy (up)

as in measuring (out)

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Before the cars are back on track, The Athletic’s F1 experts Luke Smith and Madeline Coleman have analyzed each team to date this season, handing out midterm report cards.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Illinois is dropping another $17M this year, handing out grants to 39 organizations participating in the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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While other kids his age were doling out loot bags stuffed with Bazooka bubble gum and slap bracelets, Lovett was recording his favorite music on cassette tapes as party favors.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2026
Still, Ocasio-Cortez has been far more cautious than Sanders in doling out endorsements this cycle and has gone to greater lengths to avoid friction with her colleagues in the House.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 19 July 2026

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The rulings wiped out the dreams of thousands of Italian descendants who had been hoping to achieve citizenship, derailing life plans and splitting families apart.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
This will be a preview of what sort of Republicans are winning in this seats drawn away from Democrats; Tennessee Republicans will test that on their new map two days later, after splitting up the city of Memphis.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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The bill would create a federal rulebook for issuing, trading and holding digital assets, dividing oversight between the SEC and CFTC, Bambysheva writes.

— Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Mathon downsized that proposal, and in late June asked to rezone just 98 acres for multifamily development, while dividing the rest of the acreage — much of it with wetlands — between traditional housing and industrial park zones.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

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