split
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He earns $24 an hour, giving him just enough to split his $2,800 rent with a roommate and to cover his Taco Bell habit and an occasional Uber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
This is far from the first issue created by the huge complexity of the latest hybrid engines introduced this year, with their near 50-50 split between internal combustion and electrical power.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Done this way, the caregiver is compensated in real time, not retroactively, and the eventual estate can then be split evenly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Visitors enter in small groups, but prepare to be split up, as “Den of the Mosquito” places a priority on intimate scenes with actors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He had painted it to give the impression of a gleaming metal blade, sharp enough to split an eyelash, but it was actually smooth-sanded wood and quite safe to play with.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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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
"We see how Yersinia pestis splits into new branches during periods of conflict and spreads along the routes traveled by troops and displaced populations," said senior author Dr. Christiana L. Scheib.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
She says clients use prenups to clarify if they had the pet before marriage, whose pet it is, and what the expectations are if the couple splits or someone dies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
And really, just like that, number eighty-eight performs a forward handspring, landing in the splits.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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Producing hydrogen by splitting water with a catalyst can be cleaner than the dominant industrial method, which relies on natural gas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
They ended up splitting the class and assigning more students to other teachers, she said.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Madison Square Garden Sports’ board of directors has approved splitting the New York Knicks and New York Rangers businesses into two independent companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
You can also simply tell the server that you’ll be splitting the check down the middle.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
This logic may seem like splitting hairs, like an argument as mystical as Newton's “ghosts,” but in reality it’s not.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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