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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The death of actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte was met with a wave of grief from his Breaking Bad co-stars, who shared memories of Mitte following the tragedy.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026
Pavlovsky worked alongside Karl Lagerfeld until his death in 2019; Virginie Viard from 2019 to 2024, and Matthieu Blazy since April 2025.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of death

Noun

In a conversation with THR, Sloyan dissects playing Margaret, the character’s dark path, surprise reveal, her demise and her pitch for a Margaret prequel.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
All of us owe the foursome a thanks for hastening the demise of the old Latino political machines that birthed them and kept the city stuck in tribalism for too long.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of demise

Noun

Told in the course of four decades, and alternating between the perspectives of the couple’s colleagues and children, friends and lovers, Orringer’s novel examines justice, truth, fate, and freedom.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Some investors are wondering whether Italy could face a similar fate as the country considers widening its budget deficit.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of fate

Noun

That kind of preexisting knowledge of a celebrity’s persona and body of work outside the castle can actually kind of doom a player in the castle.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
So, for those who just loved talking about the City being in a doom loop, in the words of Mark Twain, reports of San Francisco's death have been greatly exaggerated.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

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