divide
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Many issues divide not only Eisenkot from the two Arabs, but also the two Arabs from each other.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
President Kim Noltemy’s strategy, to divide labor and empower an array of specialists, is a bold counter to the traditional model of the all-powerful artistic and music director.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Someone once told me that an opinion capable of enraging both sides of the political divide is probably worth saying.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
Doctors generally divide rhabdomyosarcoma into two main categories based on whether a tumor carries a particular genetic warning sign.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
“That could be useful once we’re in the jungle. No doubt you’ll know how to divide and ration food properly or something.”
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Ossoff's supporters praise his authenticity and ability to transcend partisan divides to bring people together across party lines.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
The separation of powers divides authority among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government to prevent too much power from becoming concentrated in any one place.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
The popular reality show format sees divides form and tensions build as housemates try to avoid being eliminated in weekly votes.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
They analyzed stellar spectra, which are produced by separating light into its component wavelengths, much as a prism divides sunlight into the colors of a rainbow.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The officer doing the “split” divides incoming inmates into two contingents that line up on either side of the room’s periphery and wait their turn on the serving line.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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What was designed to ostensibly be a great equalizer has only divided the world more, making animosity easily accessible to anyone who gets their rocks off on sewing discourse through cruelty.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
Inside Mohammed al-Fateh's bakery in Khartoum, workers mixed flour, water and yeast into a thick dough, which they divided into round discs and slid into the oven on long wooden paddles.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Stocks surged as oil prices tumbled and traders bet a divided government would be good for business, offsetting ongoing unease about artificial-intelligence bets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
The man who so bitterly divided us might ultimately have united us, at least for an evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
His opponents believe in "localized function"; that is, they believe that the brain is divided into specific areas that control specific things.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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She said that while there may be things dividing the executive, her party would persist in trying to get a budget deal done that allows public sector pay awards to be made for this year.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
For a black hole that is not rotating, dividing into two smaller black holes would reduce the total entropy.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
CVS Health will split into two publicly traded companies, dividing its retail pharmacies from its insurance and pharmacy-benefit operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Harbath thinks the rebrand has come to mark a genuine dividing line in the company’s history.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Brahmagupta, an Indian mathematician of the seventh century, gave rules for dividing numbers by each other, and he included the negatives.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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