as in rapid
moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed
the horse took off at a splitting gallop
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as in dividing
to set or force apart
split logs for the winter's supply of wood
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Recent Examples of splitting
Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Both grew up splitting time between urban settings and reservations, Houston and the rural Chemehuevi reservation in California’s Mojave Desert in Cara Romero’s case, the Bay Area and rural Cochiti in northern New Mexico in Diego Romero’s case.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 May 2026
The women’s voices rose, gentle and emotive in unison, before splitting into two concordant melodies.
—Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
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Adjective
From splitting brunch bills to investing together, here’s how women are reshaping financial trust within friendships.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Both grew up splitting time between urban settings and reservations, Houston and the rural Chemehuevi reservation in California’s Mojave Desert in Cara Romero’s case, the Bay Area and rural Cochiti in northern New Mexico in Diego Romero’s case.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
Hollywood insider Rob Shuter is reporting that former MLB player Alex Rodriguez has reached out to Lopez after splitting from longtime girlfriend Jaclyn Cordeiro.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 May 2026
The women’s voices rose, gentle and emotive in unison, before splitting into two concordant melodies.
—Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splitting
Adjective
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According to the health ministry, the main challenges in containing the outbreak include early detection and rapid isolation of cases, rigorous contact tracing, safe and dignified burials and strengthening infection prevention and control in health facilities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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Having scored for fun at youth level, his rise was rapid.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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The encounter, captured on video, quickly gained international attention, dividing those who believed the zoo was in the right to kill Harambe for the child's safety, and others who found the act inhumane.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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By 1997, Ultimate Fighting began to join more conventional combat sports in dividing fighters into weight classes, for safety’s sake.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality.—
Tunku Varadarajan,
WSJ,
25 June 2021
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Designed by renowned architect Dominique Perrault, its four stories tilting forward are said to evoke a galloping horse.—
Rob Hodgetts at Longchamp,
CNN,
15 Oct. 2019
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The security perimeter kept demonstrators at a distance from the facility, with barricades and checkpoints separating roughly 100 protesters from the detention center.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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Historical memory is hugely helpful in separating false promises from sincere innovation, and that should make living legends ideal for steadying progress.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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The area The property sits in the Anambas archipelago, an 80-minute flight from Batam, an Indonesian island that’s a quick boat ride from Singapore.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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In Campbell’s experience, the learning curve for padel is quicker than pickleball.—
Mindy Sink,
Denver Post,
2 June 2026
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If the shortage lasts too long, protective systems begin disconnecting parts of the grid to stop a wider collapse.—
Fangxing Fran Li,
The Conversation,
27 May 2026
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Gen Alpha is reportedly disconnecting from social media and the internet.—
Esha Chhabra,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Another placard states that, at one point, the driver of the fastest boat in the world lived across from the Sagamore.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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SMRs are usually designed to be mass-produced and shipped to sites for faster and cheaper installation than traditional reactors, which often take over a decade to come online.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Alternatively, if exercising within four hours of bedtime, opt for short-duration, light-to-moderate-intensity exercises, such as brisk walking, or slow jogging for 30 minutes.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
27 May 2026
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Given the brisk start then, is there still hope that the best is yet to come?—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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“Splitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splitting. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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