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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for great divide
Noun
  • Emily Motyka and Kyle Sage have pleaded guilty to their roles in Nordquist's death.
    Madison Scott, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • After the shooting, the internet lit up with macabre stories of death, disfigurement, and disability wrought by claim denials—DJs in clubs even spun dance music with Luigi’s face flashing behind them.
    Elizabeth Nicholas, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Straw Hat Riots lasted eight days and resulted in arrests, injuries, hospitalizations, and the demise of many, many hats.
    Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 4, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Gina Castillo, operations supervisor for the convention center, has mixed feelings about the arena’s demise.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Many of the leaders my PR agency works with are accustomed to SEO being the most powerful determinant of their online fate.
    Michelle Mekky, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • For Lubonja, the fate of the resort is a test of how far his country had come.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Previously, the Eagles built one of the NFL’s most potent passing games around a philosophy that leveraged the otherworldly pairing of Brown and Smith.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The drop-off day is also the anniversary of the passing of Kayley’s little brother, Ewan.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Or so claim these prophets of inverted doom who conjure a past that never was, as shaped by the fractured lens of the present.
    David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Yet ahead of this impending doom, the trio refused to succumb to gloom.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Great divide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20divide. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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