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
It could rewrite the rules that divvy up the ping-pong balls for the draft lottery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
“The only way around it is for the states to agree how to divvy up the river in an equitable way.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
“She’ll claim it’s community property, divvy it out to her minions, and there goes our emergency supply.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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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
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
Congress divvies up the federal government into 12 pieces for purposes of determining annual spending levels.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 22, 2022
Some poor divvies he'll bully-rag into swearin' lies an' others he'll buy.
From The Big-Town Round-Up by Raine, William MacLeod
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
Becker said about $80.5 million will be returned to the other states, and around $13.8 million will be divvied up among California schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Under the policy, the Osage reservation would be divvied up into 160-acre parcels, into real estate, with each tribal member receiving one allotment, while the rest of the territory would be opened to settlers.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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But too often when thinking of reciprocity, we think of like for like, or divvying up expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
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
He licked the red pulp from his fingers and finished divvying up the fish.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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