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split

[split] / splɪt /






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Jerry will point out poetic elements of the songs, explain rhythm, similes and metaphors, internal rhymes, clichés, split perspective and different types of rhyme schemes.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

This weakens or even reverses the vortex's west-to-east winds, which can split it apart and cause it to spill southward.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

There is a split on the rate-setting committee here.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Instead, Harding will split responsibilities with Esa-Pekka Salonen, who holds the title of creative director, and Anna Handler, the new conductor-in-residence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

My voice doesn’t harness the power of raging rivers or split the sky in half, like all the Black poets promised it would.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"Our liking and wanting for high-fat foods are greater later in the day compared to low-fat foods," says Beaulieu, who splits her time between the University of Leeds and University of Moncton in Canada.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

That said, stock splits lower the price by creating more shares that are each worth commensurately less, and companies tend to say that the move makes the shares more accessible to investors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

She grew to love the city and now splits time between L.A. and New York.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He splits his time between barista shifts and UGC campaigns: about five hours of the latter a week earns him between $1,000 and $2,000 each month, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

He sets up chess problems and works them out, or splits kindling, or goes for long walks by himself with a butterfly book.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

The sugar-to-shirts conglomerate is in the process of splitting fast-fashion arm Primark from its food units, with completion expected by December 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Yet they ended up evenly splitting the moderate-liberal vote, allowing Lawrence a victory with 42 percent of the primary tally.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

In certain cases, splitting could even become thermodynamically favorable, especially when one of the two resulting black holes is much smaller than the other.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

They scored four number one singles in the UK before splitting up in 2005.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

She tried to extend her senses, to see through the Mist and find the cavern again, but all she felt were tunnels splitting off in a dozen directions, going everywhere except forward.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan


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