divvy
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FIFA’s prize money goes directly to national football federations, but each federation has the discretion to divvy up the funds however it wants, according to FIFA’s official governing documents.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
Couples determined to be in committed intimate relationships generally have to divvy up property acquired while they were together, even if one party paid for it and holds the title.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
In a joint interview with the Journal, Atkins and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig spoke about their efforts to craft regulations and divvy up oversight of the crypto industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Developers rejoice: L.A. is about to divvy up $387 million for affordable housing projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
We divvy up the tasks and head to our homerooms.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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It could be one of the defining moments between now and the next general election, as the government divvies up spending for the health service, defence, schools, the police, prisons, courts and much else.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025
SAG-AFTRA, the union representing TV and film actors, joined the writers in a walkout over how Hollywood divvies up the cash in the streaming era and how humans can thrive in the artificial-intelligence era.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
The 50/30/20 rule is a popular budgeting framework that divvies up after-tax income into three buckets: needs, wants and savings.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
The pro rata model, which is used by industry heavyweights like Spotify and Apple Music, pools all subscription money and divvies it up based on total streams across the platform.
From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2022
Some poor divvies he'll bully-rag into swearin' lies an' others he'll buy.
From The Big-Town Round-Up by William MacLeod Raine
Not how much GDP grew, but how it was divvied up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
And Standard Oil’s progeny formed the core of the “Seven Sisters” oil majors that divvied up among themselves the Middle East’s resources until the 1970s.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
Sixty-four teams are divvied up into eight divisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
That will create one more slice in an infield pie that is already being divvied between Rojas, Kiké Hernandez and Alex Freeland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
They divvied up the yearbooks and quickly flipped through the pages.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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That can mean multiweek exclusive global runs for potential blockbusters like December’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” or divvying up screens, as “Wicked: For Good” and “Zootopia 2” will do over Thanksgiving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Those teams haggle over international marketing rights like postwar leaders divvying up a continent.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024
“Joan,” a new play by Daniel Goldstein directed by David Ivers at South Coast Repertory, gives it a shot by divvying up the central role between two actors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
They banged on maps of Africa, as if divvying up the continent to their liking.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
Velia snatched it up and started sorting it, divvying it up between herself and Delia.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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