dividing line
noun
: a line or object that separates two areas
The dividing lines on the street were newly painted.
A fence marked the dividing line between the two properties.
—often used figurativelythe dividing line between right and wrong
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Under the proposal, which was called off on March 14, the Keller school district would have been split using U.S. 377 as the dividing line.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2025
The other option, Draft F, splits the East Side in two, using a local Middle School as the dividing line.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
News broke in January that board trustees were considering a plan to split the district in two using U.S. 377 as the dividing line, effectively detaching the schools in the Keller city limits from those in Fort Worth.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025
Throughout the nineteenth century, the dividing line on trade policy was largely geographic.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2025
The other option, Draft F, splits the East Side in two, using a local Middle School as the dividing line.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
News broke in January that board trustees were considering a plan to split the district in two using U.S. 377 as the dividing line, effectively detaching the schools in the Keller city limits from those in Fort Worth.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025
Throughout the nineteenth century, the dividing line on trade policy was largely geographic.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Dividing line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dividing%20line. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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