splitting (up)

present participle of split (up)

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Verb
  • Chapter One opens with Ocean, a Korean space pilot, breaking up with her boyfriend at a Korean BBQ restaurant.
    Elaine U. Cho August 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
  • After breaking up in 2000, the Jesus Lizard reunited in 2008 to play a brief tour, including a set at Pitchfork Music Festival the following year.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In a society that relies so heavily on categorizing people into a gender binary, targeting a young man’s masculinity can be a particularly painful and isolating experience.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Your support system may weaken, isolating you even further.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of segregating different regions behind loading screens as with previous games, now your environment is a single seamless setting that feels more connected than ever.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Thurman, 55, filed for divorce from Hawke in 2004, after separating the year before.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Joy and grief, there’s no separating the two, period.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The 50-year-old Dutchman had been without a club since parting company with Turkish outfit Besiktas last November.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Of course, there was still the series' finale to look forward to and consider — at least that might leave audiences with a blissful, parting image of Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Splitting (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splitting%20%28up%29. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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