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splitting

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verb

present participle of split

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of splitting
Adjective
Despite splitting time with Cooper McDonald, Deal finished tied for fifth in sacks in the league with 5.5. Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2025 Getting there in a straight line—forming a simple wedge shape—is the strongest arrangement and is very practical for splitting wood. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
The tour also comes after Swisher and Galloway struck a landmark renewal deal with their parent company Vox Media, which sees the hosts splitting about 70 percent of the revenue generated by their portfolio of five podcasts, with Vox taking 30 percent, rather than an upfront payment or guarantee. Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025 Plant division is simply the act of dividing or splitting a single plant into multiple plants. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for splitting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splitting
Adjective
  • Stay open to rapid communication, travel opportunities, or passionate connections.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In this scenario, the rapid spinning movement of the magnetar alters the gamma ray jet.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Unless Labour, the Greens, and Your Party come to an electoral understanding, their candidates will have to compete with one another, and with other parties, over every seat, dividing the left-leaning vote and potentially allowing Reform or the Conservatives to come out on top.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
  • This industry has become exceptional at dividing us and pitting us against each other.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • The first and fifth-place finishes pushed Mercedes further ahead of Ferrari in the constructors’ standings, a 25-point gap separating the two.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Poehler and Arnett welcomed two children together, sons Archie and Abel, before separating in 2012 and finalizing their divorce in 2016.
    Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Bitcoin is up about 25% this year, rising as more Wall Street institutions embrace the cryptocurrency and global investors begin to view it as a reputable portfolio allocation and not just a quick trading vehicle.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Its silicone design sits comfortably on the face, while quick preset modes make treatments simple to fit into daily life.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For Allen, this legal tool disproportionately undermines Black communities, eroding generational wealth and disconnecting families from their neighborhoods.
    Essence, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The update promises to address user complaints about the newest iPhones mysteriously disconnecting from Wi-Fi without reason.
    Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Europe requires a different standard for fast charging.
    Rebecca A. Fannin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • According to the reseachers, this unified multirate architecture improves responsiveness and stability by preventing faster subsystems from being held back by slower ones and embedding the jets’ dynamics directly into the prediction horizon.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Vasilas attributes the brisk business to not having a lot of competition for the kind of service Ted’s Clothiers offers.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Leisurely walking, especially for short distances, may not be enough to get the full potential benefit compared with walking longer distances at a brisker pace.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025

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“Splitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splitting. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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