subdivides

present tense third-person singular of subdivide

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for subdivides
Verb
  • What divides them is the type of finance work being transformed.
    Aswin Saravanan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Defections across the land border that divides the peninsula are relatively rare, as the area is densely forested, ridden with landmines and monitored by soldiers on both sides.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
  • For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos.
    San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021
Verb
  • In the dark comedy Maddie’s Secret, Early dissects the odd eroticism of online food content.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026
  • The three-part docuseries, directed by Nick Green and told by key players inside the courtroom, dissects the trial of Michael Jackson and his complex legacy.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • The dog is ahead and has stopped by the tree that bisects the diagonal; the girl with the bright red coat who seems to be paused behind him.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • The supracoracoid fenestra is a large hole that nearly bisects the shoulder bone.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • With a rock in a sock, Racine cleaves her own bloody swath down her father’s path, embracing her genetic destiny.
    Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
  • This enzyme cleaves the ester bonds in the neuronal portion of the back retina—the retinal pigment epithelium— to create a usable form of vitamin A, a molecule called 11-cis-retinal.
    Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Bonda also volunteered at a mobile library project started by expat Debra Blake and Carol Woodruff, who splits time between Southern California and Baja.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • The rest of the album splits the difference between this newfound scrappiness and the skyscraping edifices Madeon built his name on.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • When baked in a very hot oven, butter contains enough water to form steam, which separates doughs into layers of flaky pastry.
    Rosemary Trout, Scientific American, 27 June 2026
  • This is where discipline separates an uncomfortable opportunity from a value trap.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • That surgery, which left the boy disfigured, should never have been performed on a patient of that age because the condition naturally resolves in 80% of patients, the medical board said.
    Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
  • Lattice resolves this architectural limitation.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
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“Subdivides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdivides. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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