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as in to split
to set or force apart
Volunteers divided the donated groceries into several dozen piles.
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as in to separate
to go or move in different directions from a central point
The group divided based on those who wanted to go swimming and those who didn't.
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as in to polarize
to cause (people) to break up into opposing groups
Opinions about the war divided people who are otherwise likeminded.
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Recent Examples of divide
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
3 July 2026
In a world that often feels divided, covering the World Cup has felt immensely healing.
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Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2026
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
The divide is already emerging and increasingly widening as clients place greater emphasis on speed, certainty, and alignment with business outcomes.
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Rachel Proffitt,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
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Verb
The system has always been set up to keep the rich in power and divide the people.
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Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
3 July 2026
In a world that often feels divided, covering the World Cup has felt immensely healing.
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Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2026
Noun
The divide is most prominent in the 10th Congressional District, which spans Lower Manhattan and brownstone neighborhoods of Brooklyn like Cobble Hill and Park Slope.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
The divide is already emerging and increasingly widening as clients place greater emphasis on speed, certainty, and alignment with business outcomes.
—
Rachel Proffitt,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divide
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The result is uncommon room layouts like the tri-suite king room equipped with two twin-sized beds and a king bed split by a privacy divider that doubles as a playful art installation.
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Cutright, who was not charged with murder, split from Devastating Pyrotechnics to form Blackstar Fireworks on the property in 2023.
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This is not Copenhagen, which has wide boulevards where vehicles and bikes can be easily separated.
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The film tells the story of the tender yet destructive friendship between two 13-year-old boys who run away when they are threatened with being separated.
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The legal action is part of a broader series of disputes in the streaming industry over carriage rights, bundling requirements and pricing control.
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The dispute over Mississippi's law dates back to 2024, when the Republican National Committee and Mississippi's Libertarian Party filed lawsuits challenging the ballot-receipt deadline.
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Decades of Hollywood empire-building ended with a quake in 2017 when Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch decided to sell much of his Fox entertainment holdings amid the rise of Netflix and other tech giants.
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But with the rise of generative AI, some breweries around the world are starting to be vocal about their displeasure of its use in the beer industry.
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If your pet already has a microchip, make sure the information is up to date; sometimes, even pets with microchips can’t be identified because the phone number associated with them has been disconnected.
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Without considering objects, understanding history is incomplete, leaving people today disconnected from those who lived it.
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But the mom’s parting gift, a diary, provides opaque glimpses into her life with Alfonso in the mid-1980s.
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The body of her bouffant hair was parted over the left side of her head, with pieces tickling the top of her forehead.
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The fissure was visible before the war.
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So, too, does the idea that a soccer coach could close fissures that even the well-meaning among career politicians have failed to seal.
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The last time that ratio ranged so high was in the mid-2000s, at the peak of the millennial housing bubble, Pew reports.
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The weather service said peak heat indexes, which combine air temperature with humidity, of up to 115 degrees Fahrenheit were possible.
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“Divide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divide. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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