split (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for split (up)
Verb
  • The Republican Study Committee's Maximum Pressure initiative includes 10 bills designed to cut off Tehran's remaining funding, freeze their assets, isolate their regime, and protect U.S. interests.
    Kristen Waggoner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • What’s driving these gains isn’t just isolated use cases or incremental automation.
    Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Here’s why: Chicago needs an equitable distribution of affordable housing: The city is extremely segregated by race and income, and our affordable housing is highly clustered in South and West Side neighborhoods.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
  • Parents recently accused some large districts of continuing to segregate children with disabilities too much.
    Jackie Mader, Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • This makes people turn to progressive platforms that promise to break up monopolies, tax the ultra-wealthy, and reinvest in public goods.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • Under Donahoe, Nike moved away from its sport segmentation and instead broke up its business into women’s, men’s and kids.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • In a game where the Angels and Nationals combined for 24 runs and 30 hits — with the 19 hits and 15 runs given up by the Angels’ pitching staff representing season-worst marks — what ultimately separated the teams was the Angels’ inability to come through with runners on base.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • Jun-ho shoots the glass separating the VIPs’ watch tower from the game arena, getting In-ho’s attention.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Part two is almost contradictory to part one’s idea.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
  • Lily-Rose Depp Lily-Rose Depp added a touch of attitude to her overall look at the 97th annual Oscars, parting her hair on the right side of her face.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 18 June 2025
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“Split (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/split%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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