- present participle of divide.
dividing
Example Sentences
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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 warehouse is right on Indiana Street, the dividing line between Boyle Heights, which is in the city of Los Angeles, and unincorporated East L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The beam dividing them was called a “reckoning bar,” and the only beads you counted were the beads touching the bar.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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