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[dih-vahyd] / dɪˈvaɪd /






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Species that live this way form colonies containing overlapping generations, cooperate in raising young and divide reproductive responsibilities.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

Reaction across online forums has highlighted a divide among users about whether the update will get more people using Bumble - or if it makes it "just like any other dating app".

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

“I thought, it would be amazing if I could divide this project by the process of the kitchen.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Before we divide the spoils, entrepreneurs and investors have to decide which problems are worth solving.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

When two partners divide up the profits of a business between them they assign a notional book value to the stock in hand.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

How the winning and losing candidates—and those candidates’ supporters—treat each other over the next few months will help determine whether those divides heal in time for November.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Instead, Biden said he wanted to devote his time to speaking about addiction and recovery, which he described as a cause capable of bridging America's political divides.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Investors generally prefer looking at forward price-to-earnings ratio for stocks, which divides share price by consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Ever since Disney introduced Lightning Lanes in 2021, debate has raged over whether letting people pay for shorter waits is savvy crowd management or nickel-and-diming that divides people by income.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

It’s got steps up the middle, which divides it into two sections, one for home, one for away.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Chelsea supporters appeared divided, with others responding by chanting his name.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

In eusocial colonies, reproduction is divided between queens and workers, creating highly cooperative societies with specialized roles.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

Tyler, whose real name was Gaynor Hopkins, was born and raised in a traditional coal mining village northwest of Swansea, and divided her time between south Wales and Portugal in recent years.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Union households support the measure, while non-union families are evenly divided about it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

This is the easiest way to write beats that are evenly divided into three rather than two.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Their contrasting skulls and jaws suggest that closely related predators were already dividing up available food resources by developing different feeding strategies.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

A day after being forced out, Fedorov on Thursday held an extraordinary press conference at which he accused the commander of dividing the country.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

At his own stampede speech, Hogan called separatism "a poison" dividing families across the province.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The dividing line between the East and the West during the Cold War would end up running straight through Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

The inventors of calculus, Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, created the most powerful mathematical method ever by dividing by zero and adding an infinite number of zeros together.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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