subdivides

Definition of subdividesnext
present tense third-person singular of subdivide
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Verb
  • The Pledge is meaningless if the president of the United States lies to us, divides us, bullies us and steals from us.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Now Kocak is a writer, podcaster (Private Parts Unknown), and comedian who divides her time between Austin, Texas and Los Angeles.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 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
  • Dolan dissects his estrangement from his mother after forty years of attempts at peace, and weaves in research and reportage about child abuse and trauma.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Each installment dissects the making-of of a show, novel, painting, song, or other work through conversations with artists and their artifacts.
    Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Israeli military has blown up several bridges over the river – which bisects Lebanon – over the past days, as part of a broader assault in the south.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
  • On one side, cars speed past on the two-lane road that bisects the southern part of the state.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Altai Mountains, Mongolia Hunting with eagles on horseback is a tradition found in a region of Mongolia that cleaves close to Russia, China, and Kazakhstan.
    Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Where Hansen-Løve cleaves closely to her characters, Schanelec takes a step back, filming in long and middle distance shots.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The move also essentially splits the market in states that have legalized weed for both medical and recreational consumers.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • With a class of 70 students, Schaffer splits the job with his teaching assistants.
    Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But one thing that separates Monroe from his brothers?
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This was the second showdown vote on the commission for Kelly, a longtime Miami-Dade business that wants to move its Doral headquarters to a larger campus on land that sits outside the county’s Urban Development Boundary (UDB), which separates suburban development from rural areas.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Whether Pirro’s announcement resolves the underlying standoff is a different question.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In any case, the new work partly resolves a long-standing conundrum about the Colorado River itself.
    Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Subdivides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdivides. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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