splits (up)

Definition of splits (up)next
present tense third-person singular of split (up)

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Verb
  • Hard Truths premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival and followed Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Pansy, an angry and depressed woman who lashes out at family and strangers, and whose constant criticism slowly isolates her.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Power Without Corruption Mission has used a high-quality and ultra-low-noise toroidal transformer for 778CDT’s internal power architecture, which isolates critical pathways.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • While Sam begins hallucinating people as puppets, Justin breaks up with him.
    Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Belly, devastated by the betrayal, slaps Jeremiah and breaks up with him.
    Alexandra Hurtado, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But researchers say not every district re-segregates once court oversight ends.
    Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.
    Uriel Kon September 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Later, Hamilton parts the sea on his kick scooter, speedily escaping from the hectic press area.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In flying cars, that difference often separates experimental designs from aircraft ready for real-world service.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • This level of oversight and focus is what separates expert DHI centers from clinics that merely advertise the technique.
    Daniel Fusch, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Splits (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splits%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.

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