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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divvying (up)
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The Heart Party Favors or Milk Chocolate Heart Candy Canes are ideal for handing out to your child’s class or party favors for your Galentine’s get-together, while the 10-ounce bags are perfect for baking or filling a candy bowl at home or the office.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Both are on a mission, handing out flyers for Luis’ missing daughter, Mar, swallowed by the seemingly endless nomadic rave culture.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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In the south, Shenzhen was already doling out $70 million a year to support local AI firms and research, while Chengdu, in the west, invested $42 million in a start-up called Zhipu AI to bring a new model-training center and research facility to the city.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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The funding comes from a $250 million pot of money the Federal Emergency Management Agency is doling out through a new Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems grant program.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
31 Dec. 2025
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Decades ago, some wealthier Venezuelans began splitting their time between South Florida and their home country, gradually spending more and more time.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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After dribbling once with his right hand, Brown unleashed a Eurostep to his left, splitting the two Raptors players.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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The debate within the Democratic coalition is already bigger and louder, dividing moderates in swing states from progressives elated by Mamdani's rocket to victory in the nation's largest city.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
12 Jan. 2026
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One was a real human blastocysts, which contain about 100 to 200 rapidly dividing cells.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Divvying (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divvying%20%28up%29. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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