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divider

[dih-vahy-der] / dɪˈvaɪ dər /


NOUN
screen
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As a result, Friday's evening play will feature just the second instalment of the match between Barry Hawkins and Mark Williams, with the divider raised so the whole arena can watch.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Shortly before 9 p.m., as news helicopters broadcast the pursuit live from overhead, the suspect crashed the van into the northbound side of the center divider near the Avenue 43 exit in Montecito Heights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025

An electronic evacuation order was not issued for residents west of North Lake Avenue, the town’s east-west divider, until about 3:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

It then bounced back into the road where it crashed into a bridge divider and came to rest, according to KTLA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

The cab that arrives has no divider between the front and back seat, so I can't talk to Alicia.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

Seats are at the forefront, with private pods kitted out with extra storage space, wireless charging, ottomans and retractable privacy dividers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Lau's cubicle is one of nine in a single unit, separated by thin wooden dividers, in a 60-year-old building in one of Hong Kong's poorest neighbourhoods, Sham Shui Po.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Then there are the tall medians - or road dividers, as they are locally called.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025

Despite using room dividers to shrink the space, the campaign could not hide that the crowd felt like a medium-sized wedding, albeit a pathetic one where no one cares for the couple.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024

So they built a broad, straight highway, six lanes wide in places, with concrete dividers down the middle and outsized sodium street lamps that light the night sky for miles around.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson


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