subdivide

Example Sentences

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Unlike state criminal codes, the federal criminal code does not “grade” or subdivide most of its white-collar offenses.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2023

“That male lineage unifies the tomb, whereas female ancestors subdivide the community.”

From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023

Groups with more complex skeletons may occupy smaller niches and are less able to subdivide those niche spaces in order to produce new species.

From Science Daily • Sep. 25, 2023

In 2021, a public-backed charity paid NZ$2.15m to buy part of a beach following efforts to subdivide it in order to build houses.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023

He understood a lot about how to speculate for land, graze it, subdivide it, make it pay dividends.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols