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Recent Examples of subdivide
Two contractors, Damien Davis and Ken Hoyt, plan to subdivide 30 undeveloped acres south of the North Turkey Creek Road and Starlight Drive intersection into three 10-acre home lots.
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Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
6 Nov. 2025
These diagrams break sentences down into noun phrases and verb phrases and then further subdivide them into nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and so forth.
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Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
The new owner plans to tear down the lodge and subdivide the property into private homes.
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Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
The editor was intelligent and could handle different types of text according to its context, and the user could subdivide the large document workspace into multiple subdocuments, all kept together.
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Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
6 Nov. 2025
These diagrams break sentences down into noun phrases and verb phrases and then further subdivide them into nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and so forth.
—
Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
The new owner plans to tear down the lodge and subdivide the property into private homes.
—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
The editor was intelligent and could handle different types of text according to its context, and the user could subdivide the large document workspace into multiple subdocuments, all kept together.
—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subdivide
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The revelation has divided Jefferson descendants for decades.
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The sale sees the property divided into three lots with two buildable, giving the opportunity to create a treasurable family compound in rural seclusion just a 30-minute drive from the island’s main towns.
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The market has also bifurcated, favoring experienced sponsors.
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However, the longer-term consequences could be more profound and bifurcated, a Reuters columnist argued, with governments increasing their support for electrification and renewables, as well as ramping up purchases of coal to reduce reliance on Middle East transit routes.
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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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Streaming numbers are in their relative infancy and TV ratings are now dissected with multiplatform caveats.
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He was dissected in various media reports.
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Finding out the appropriate way to segment the market, determining the right segment to target, and positioning the company in the eyes of customers will enable a company to allocate its resources effectively.
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If a judge overturned Tuesday’s court ruling to extend polling place times, the provisional ballots would help election officials segment out votes cast after polls were originally scheduled to close.
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Emergency services were sifting through the rubble of what used to be a nine-story building on the left bank of the Dnipro River that bisects the city as the sun rose and fires flared up around it.
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The car had to be redesigned to accommodate the new structure, which is dominated by large glass panels and bisected by a central strip that runs from the windshield to the rear of the car.
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The researchers used a single high radiation dose, whereas human treatments are usually fractionated – that is, given in smaller doses over time.
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Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture).
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Recent history recalls plans to partition Iraq into ethnic substates.
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In August 1947 the Indian subcontinent achieved independence from British rule but was simultaneously partitioned into the separate countries India and Pakistan.
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“Subdivide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdivide. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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