divide
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She attributes some of the gender divide to the fact that the two demographics are often presented with different informational realities, though it is difficult to quantify.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
There was a geographic divide in giving by Californians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Security breaches and questionable procurement practices had plagued an initiative that was supposed to bridge the digital divide for underprivileged students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
For two masses, m1 and m2, scientists multiply the masses together, divide that result by the square of the distance r between them, and then multiply by big G.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
I dive across the great divide four times, each time sure I won’t make it.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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That’s kind of what you’re talking about, bringing people back together, healing divides.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
The former editor in chief of Aspen Magazine, she divides her time between Colorado and New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Those signals can influence major cellular decisions, including whether a cell divides, moves or dies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Per capita divides the account equally among whoever is still living, which can inadvertently cut out an entire branch of the family.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
He lists 121 figures, and divides them according to a taxonomy that’s highly serviceable today:* grouping them according to the type of thing they did.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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The satire from director Alejandro González Iñárritu about an impending climate change apocalypse has divided critics, yielding very mixed reviews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
In addition to being ideologically divided, young men and women have vastly different beliefs about religion and gender.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
They divided the celebrities into teams, leading them to successfully find the treasure on the pirate ship, bagging £15,000.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
I have one sister and we are on good terms regarding how everything should be divided.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
President Lincoln has said before that a house divided cannot stand.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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I stand with the people that are promoting kindness, unity, people that are away from this energy of dividing, and I think we need these sort of basic human elements more than ever before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
It still has not closed above its 200-day moving average, a widely followed chart indicator that many view as a dividing line between uptrends and downtrends.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Many cells in the body are capable of dividing, allowing us to grow and helping tissues repair themselves after injury.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
To get annual figures, Bending Spoons said it averaged four quarterly percentages, a method that can smooth out big swings in churn, rather than dividing one full-year revenue number by another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The houses were surprisingly alike on either side of this crucial dividing line: small, dark, and cramped.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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