divide
Example Sentences
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Machines mix the dough and divide it into into smaller, loaf-sized quantities.
From BBC
To my mind, any entertainment involving global conflicts—boiled down to the action-oriented essentials, with muscled brothers in arms and impenetrable dialogue delivered largely in acronyms—is perfectly suited to these dark, divided times.
The hearing over the matter, which deeply divides public opinion in the Muslim-majority country, will resume on Monday.
From Barron's
The Internal Revenue Service calculates RMDs by taking the balances of your tax-deferred retirement accounts at the end of the previous year and dividing that by a number based on your life expectancy.
From MarketWatch
But her family has spent a fortune on private investigators who say they turned up evidence of a homicide, creating a divide within local enforcement over how to handle the case.
From Los Angeles Times
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