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divide

[dih-vahyd] / dɪˈvaɪd /






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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

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

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

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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