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divider
noun
di·vid·er
də-ˈvī-dər 
1
: one that divides
2
3
: something serving as a partition between separate spaces or areas
a highway divider
Examples of divider in a Sentence
Concrete barriers are used as highway dividers.
She has proven to be a divider of people.
He says that he's a uniter, not a divider.
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Try a screen divider or baskets and cube shelving to set a physical boundary.
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Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Noah Thompson, 24, and one of his four passengers, 22-year-old Jewel Perez, were initially listed in critical condition after Thompson slammed into a concrete divider while going east on the parkway toward the Cross Bay Blvd.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 7 July 2025
Police found Colding inside a vehicle that had crashed into a concrete center divider.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
After the boy, who is non-verbal, got up from the swing, the witness said Smith blocked him into an area of the classroom with dividers as the boy was crying, screaming and dumping items on the floor.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
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Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Noah Thompson, 24, and one of his four passengers, 22-year-old Jewel Perez, were initially listed in critical condition after Thompson slammed into a concrete divider while going east on the parkway toward the Cross Bay Blvd.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 7 July 2025
Police found Colding inside a vehicle that had crashed into a concrete center divider.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
After the boy, who is non-verbal, got up from the swing, the witness said Smith blocked him into an area of the classroom with dividers as the boy was crying, screaming and dumping items on the floor.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for divider
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“Divider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divider. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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divider
noun
di·vid·er
də-ˈvīd-ər
1
: something that divides
a room divider
2
plural
: an instrument for measuring or marking
Medical Definition
divider
noun
di·vid·er
də-ˈvīd-ər
: the second incisor tooth of a horse situated between the center and corner incisors on each side compare nipper sense 2
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