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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The inquiries came after a recent plan to split the district in half along the Denton Highway and the Union Pacific Railroad track as the dividing line.
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2025
More than 15,000 mounds jut skyward from the lowlands of Mars’ Chryse Planitia, located near a natural dividing line between the planet’s southern and northern hemispheres.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
Humphrey targeted Atkinson after Nikki Huang, a 23-year-old woman who had served food to members of both crews at her family’s Chinese restaurant, Wa Lung Kitchen, on the gangs’ dividing line, was mugged of her handbag and reported it to members of Up The Hill.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
In the 1960s and 70s, North Lake Avenue in Altadena served as the primary east-west dividing line for redlining practices, according to the Altadena Historical Society.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2025
More than 15,000 mounds jut skyward from the lowlands of Mars’ Chryse Planitia, located near a natural dividing line between the planet’s southern and northern hemispheres.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
Humphrey targeted Atkinson after Nikki Huang, a 23-year-old woman who had served food to members of both crews at her family’s Chinese restaurant, Wa Lung Kitchen, on the gangs’ dividing line, was mugged of her handbag and reported it to members of Up The Hill.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
In the 1960s and 70s, North Lake Avenue in Altadena served as the primary east-west dividing line for redlining practices, according to the Altadena Historical Society.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Dividing line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dividing%20line. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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