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divide

[dih-vahyd] / dɪˈvaɪd /






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Those proteins then encourage intestinal stem cells to divide more rapidly, creating more opportunities for some of the cells to become cancerous.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Herman later added a wall to divide the studio space as well as custom shelving for his expansive library and ceramics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

But what “Lanterns” does with John Stewart delineates the divide between sympathetic and empathetic storytelling.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Both sides now hope that the continuing exhumations in Volhynia, which restarted this summer after a more than decadelong pause, might yet bring the two countries closer together rather than divide them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Of course, melodies don't always divide into clear, separated phrases.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

A patio divides the two halves, providing access to the outdoors and opportunities to bring more light into both wings of the house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

That’s kind of what you’re talking about, bringing people back together, healing divides.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The model divides how much supply already exists divided by the amount that gets added every year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

One useful gauge is a stock’s up/down volume ratio, which takes a stock’s volume on up days and divides it by volume on down days over a 50-day period.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

High marble arches circle the inside of the sanctuary, and a carved, filigreed screen divides it.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

So far, judges across the nation have been divided.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

He explained that the team was divided into three groups for software, electronics and mechanical.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

For example, if your household portfolio is intended to be 60% stocks, 35% bonds and 5% cash, the $500,000 doesn’t necessarily need to be divided along those lines.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

In addition to being ideologically divided, young men and women have vastly different beliefs about religion and gender.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Each house was divided into two side-by-side units with two different families living in them.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

And the selloff comes right after dollar-yen rate tried to get back above the 200-day moving average, which many chart watchers view as a dividing line between longer-term uptrends and downtrends.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Senescence is a state in which a damaged or stressed cell permanently stops dividing but remains alive.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

What’s dividing fans is Julian Casablancas’ insistence on using Autotune, as many prefer his raw vocals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 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

Olivia has colored tabs dividing every class notebook in some personal system of priorities, and she plays Minecraft like a demon.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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