divide
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The so-called grey digital divide has provided some striking examples in the nation of about 52 million, home to world-leading smartphone and memory chipmakers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Although senescent cells no longer divide, they continue using energy and carrying out metabolic activity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
In high-net worth divorces, parties typically divide assets in the most tax-efficient way possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
A pioneering urologist at the University of Chicago, Lyon worked with an estate attorney to divide his $1.2 million retirement account equally among his 36 grandchildren through separate trusts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
After the Rupture, her people—the Gedes—had been dwindled down by war and poverty, easy to divide and regulate.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Per capita divides the account equally among whoever is still living, which can inadvertently cut out an entire branch of the family.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
That was followed by a long-promised "national dialogue", in which some 4,000 delegates gathered to discuss the country's many challenges, including its deep ethnic divides and ongoing insurgencies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Still it divides opinion in golf, and has split the loyalty of its champions.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It’s a conflict that carries hues of classic rural-urban divides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
I walk along the gravel path that divides the back lawn, neatly, like a hair parting.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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It’s commonly believed that a divided government is good for stocks because business thrives when Washington’s hands are tied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Cybersecurity stocks were the top performers in the S&P 500 on Monday, showcasing how the technology trade has become starkly divided in the face of escalating warnings about artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Physicists were similarly divided over quantum gravity, the effort to develop a theory that can describe gravity within the framework of quantum mechanics.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The 10-year bond’s 4.92% yield divided by 0.89724 gives us a taxable-equivalent yield of 5.48%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The layout was simple: The dock was divided into zones, just like a parking lot.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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Many cells in the body are capable of dividing, allowing us to grow and helping tissues repair themselves after injury.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
"At Tetris we believe in the power of connection and building people together, not dividing them," the firm said in its initial response to the game.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Shoreland rules could also prevent dividing the land if the property is near a lake, river or coastal area.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
"At Tetris, we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them," Tetris said in a social media post.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The houses were surprisingly alike on either side of this crucial dividing line: small, dark, and cramped.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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