divide
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There was a geographic divide in giving by Californians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Many cancers are driven by changes in certain genes that normally help control how cells grow, divide, repair damage, or die.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
The plan was to sell the house and divide the proceeds equally among them.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the measures as "common-sense tools that do not divide but really help to integrate".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Maybe then we can begin to fear less, to make fewer wrong assumptions, to let go of the biases and stereotypes that unnecessarily divide us.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
This is where “To Catch a Predator” divides.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
As more than two million freshmen arrive at college this fall, many are encountering civic-dialogue programs—an effort to build bridges across political divides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Those signals can influence major cellular decisions, including whether a cell divides, moves or dies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
A square hedge divides Tyler’s front yard from the next.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
Parton died last month at the age of 80, plunging her fans into mourning for a singer-songwriter, philanthropist and businesswoman whom many saw as a unifying figure in a divided America.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
Economists are divided over whether AI is now meaningfully hurting employment among white-collar workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The researchers calculated that, during unified governments since 1871, the U.S. stock market has outperformed its return during divided governments by 7.05 annualized percentage points.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
As you might expect, several are in closely divided states where moderation and independence can pay dividends.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
“So the United States would have been divided into two countries?”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
And the selloff comes right after dollar-yen rate tried to get back above the 200-day moving average, which many chart watchers view as a dividing line between longer-term uptrends and downtrends.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
What’s dividing fans is Julian Casablancas’ insistence on using Autotune, as many prefer his raw vocals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The term "hyperscale data centre", rarely heard a few years ago, is now dividing opinion across the country as a rush of applications are made to build them.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
It was slightly less open, with low walls dividing spaces and big pieces of equipment filling whole chunks of the room.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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