splitting (up)

Definition of splitting (up)next
present participle of split (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for splitting (up)
Verb
  • Images taken by Reuters show Israeli security forces breaking up the demonstrations in the city’s Habima Square.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
  • As the party was breaking up, officers reported hearing multiple gunshots near the home.
    Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Sam Di Scipio, vice president, corporate communications, giving and volunteerism at Macy’s, said the model demonstrates a larger effort to align social impact with everyday retail interactions, rather than isolating it as a separate initiative.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Hopeful that speaking openly might make this disease a little less isolating for someone newly diagnosed, and for myself.
    Todd Weissman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • There was no legal basis for segregating students of Mexican descent from other students.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • His surprising case for segregation is that prisons are self-segregating, and white people still have power in the yard.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some omelets are made lighter by separating the yolks and whites, beating up the latter, and folding in the former.
    Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Adept at separating the unseen from the seen, Lemann here chronicles his family’s accumulation of wealth, whatever the moral costs or compromises, and their subsequent acculturation and partial deracination.
    Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Fifty dancers lined the area before parting to reveal RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook, dressed in outfits inspired by early Joseon-era generals.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Since parting, Shabaka has performed mononymously as a solo flautist and Skinner joined members of Radiohead to form the offshoot band the Smile.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Splitting (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splitting%20%28up%29. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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