as in divided
to set or force apart
during the cold war East and West Berlin were sundered by an impenetrable wall
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Recent Examples of sundered
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
Comcast and Versant won’t be completely sundered after the split, as the USGA deal demonstrates.
—David Bloom, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
But oddly, The New Yorker at 100 doesn’t explore the biggest challenge the magazine has faced in the last 15 years or so – responding to the digital age that sundered so many other once-influential magazines like Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated (which technically still exist, but whatever).
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
Comcast and Versant won’t be completely sundered after the split, as the USGA deal demonstrates.
—David Bloom, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sundered
Verb
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The resort is divided into domestic and international zones.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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Choose the Right Varieties Garlic is divided into two main categories, and there are numerous cultivars of each type to choose from.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Professor Orloff is a severed head that floats in a jar.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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The project, which was written by Cesar Vitale, winner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, follows a lonely woman (Alcock) who mistakenly receives a severed thumb in the mail.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Though, with modular parts, the arms and seats can be separated to make moving easier.—
Zoë Sessums,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
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The two, who share three children, separated in July 2021 and finalized their divorce in September 2022.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those who rely on tip-sharing arrangements are covered—meaning, for example, that runners and bussers in restaurants that pool or split tips will qualify.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Bluetooth speakers are hidden inside the walls, and heating and cooling are handled with a mini-split air-conditioning unit.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Their disapproval, in my view, is often disconnected from the strategy behind the change and is rooted in an effort to raise their own visibility.—
Jim Heininger,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Not that he is disconnected from the family.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The audience watched quietly until Matthew McConaughey, sporting a parted blond bowl cut and ferrying students to some end-of-year fun, delivered a signature bit of dialogue.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
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With partner Jean Pierre Daguerre, Moulton raised sheep and cattle, but when the sheep part of the enterprise did not go well, the two parted ways and Moulton concentrated on cattle ranching.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Julianne Nicholson was about 7 when her parents, who lived outside of Boston, divorced.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Aug. 2025
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Gay couples are adopting or using fertility services; divorced parents are finding new partners and creating big blended families; friends are platonically co-parenting.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Trainer Bob Baffert’s uncoupled of Philippa and Neko finished third and fourth, respectively.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Sundered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sundered. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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