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Recent Examples of Synonyms for split (up)
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They can be used to enforce least privilege, restrict destructive actions, and isolate misconfigured services—all without requiring code changes.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025 -
In response, the city's IT systems were shut down on July 28 to isolate the city's infrastructure from potential damage, according to Mayor Melvin Carter.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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My early understanding segregated them into distinct Black American traditions: he, Du Bois, she, Washington; the new and the old; white-collar and blue; the talented tenth and those they were charged to uplift.—
Michael Thomas,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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Indigenous art has been segregated into natural history museums, not art museums.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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On a global scale, allies are breaking up and finding new replacements; our healthcare system has new rules, less funding for research and a new skepticism of scientific data; and in many leadership spaces, the importance of diversity is being questioned.—
Jo Ilfeld,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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In May 2025, fans speculated Furlan and Lee may have broken up after Falling in Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke claimed on Instagram and TikTok that Furlan was catfished by someone pretending to be him.—
Jack Irvin,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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The clouds truly began to part, however, when Antony and Josephine gave Baser some advice that would go on to change the course of her career.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
25 July 2025
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Martin, who is forty years old, was dressed like a Backstreet Boy, with a plaid shirt worn open over a tank top and wide-legged jeans, his short light-brown hair parted down the middle.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
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Court began as a campus summer program in the 1950s but was professionalized and somewhat separated from the university by the late Nicholas Rudall, who led the theater for decades prior to his retirement.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Unfortunately, some of this history seems relevant now as immigrant children are being forcibly separated from their parents.—
Jane Ciabattari
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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“Split (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/split%20%28up%29. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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