GREAT DIVIDE Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

great divide

noun

Definition of great divide

as in death

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities many religions claim to know what happens after we cross the great divide

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Recent Examples of great divide Now, the conversation around golf’s great divide has flared up again. — Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025 Society has been rocked in the past seven days by comedy and politics, by debates about authoritarianism and free speech, and by a reckoning about the great divide across the United States. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025 And that isn’t even close to the scariest part when considering what might resume being a great divide between the Padres and Dodgers the rest of the regular season (and possibly in the postseason). — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025 The league title might already be in the bag for one of them, or even a dark horse that doesn’t come from either side of Spanish football’s great divide. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for great divide

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Brown’s wife was Bruneau’s best friend at the time of the victim’s death, and both women worked as flight attendants for Braniff Airlines, a Grapevine police detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit filed in June.

— Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
The death was the fourth reported at a Sacramento County jail facility in 2026 and the second this year at Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of death

Noun

But under the new law, the logging and human development that led to their near demise is now allowed.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Ellie, of course, meets her demise by the conclusion of Evil Dead Rise, which sets up the post-credit scene in Evil Dead Burn.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of demise

Noun

Reading Europe’s fate through the lives of two French sisters in a famous impressionist portrait.

— Luke Lyman, Washington Post, 13 July 2026
Families torn apart The disaster has led to a particularly complex situation for those children who were separated from parents whose fate remains unclear.

— Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Definition of fate

Noun

The path forward is especially complicated by Graham's passing.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 July 2026
The anthem is a passing of the torch from original voice actress Auli'i Cravalho to new star Catherine Laga'aia, with a playful rap verse from Dwayne Johnson's Maui thrown in for good measure.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of passing

Noun

Rivian built a lifestyle brand around a tech-forward product and, of course, Tesla gave us the chrome dumpster of doom.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026
On Tuesday, a Paris appeals court cleared a path for the 57-year-old Le Pen to run by shortening a ban on seeking public office that had spelled possible doom for her ambitions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

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