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cleave

verb as in divide, split

verb as in stand by, stick together

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Originally, he said, the policy was set to address both — but the latter turned out to be more legally complicated, and Luna eventually decided to cleave that off into a separate policy that is still in the works.

For now, voters need to consider the question: In a period of post-pandemic school chaos, is it best to cleave to the status quo, or is it time for upheaval?

Ever since the government cleared the merger of concert promoter Live Nation and ticketseller Ticketmaster in 2010, there have been demands from consumer advocates to cleave them.

Unlike the United States, where fights over what values schools teach cleave along partisan lines, support for laïcité is almost universal in France’s political establishment, though some on the right criticize it as anti-religion and on the left as a vestige of colonialism.

The research team narrowed down the possible target structures and turned their attention to cathepsins, which can process proteins, i.e. cleave them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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