Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for split (up)
Verb
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Caregiving is too hard and too isolating to do it on your own.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025 -
On all three plays, at the snap, the opposing offense had a tight end isolated on the formation to the left side with James in man coverage.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His administration first segregated the Post Office, which employed over half of the federal government’s Black employees—especially Black women.—
Time,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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Letting the very small number of transgender students in Minnesota play on their school sports teams doesn't harm anyone, but segregating them does.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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People broke up or got married, abruptly quit jobs or threw all their money into an obscure start up, moved home to their parents or bought real estate in the city, got political, got tattoos or got in shape.—
Kate Belli,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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That fight got broken up by WWE security, and a contender then arrived out to challenge Sami.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Both women wore their hair parted down the center and in subtle waves that fell past their shoulders.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Under the trees was dense foliage that occasionally parted to reveal a bird, langur, or cheetal, which reassured him in the stillness of the empty road.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One idea that has already been discussed internally would see Real Madrid being effectively split into two different entities — separating the football side from the business side.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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One particularly aggressive military style raid on an apartment building in south Chicago saw dozens arrested and children separated from their parents.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Split (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/split%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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