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divide

[dih-vahyd] / dɪˈvaɪd /






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An annual report of university business administrators from 2025 points out an interesting divide between the haves and have-nots of higher education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Equitable-distribution states divide assets equitably, but not necessarily 50/50, while community-property states aim to divide marital property 50/50.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

These differences involve the cells' structure, the speed at which they divide, and the timing of their development.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Macron came to power in 2017 promising to modernise the economy and transcend France's traditional political divide.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

No longer was it necessary to divide by zeros.

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

The popular reality show format sees divides form and tensions build as housemates try to avoid being eliminated in weekly votes.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

That’s kind of what you’re talking about, bringing people back together, healing divides.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

As more than two million freshmen arrive at college this fall, many are encountering civic-dialogue programs—an effort to build bridges across political divides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The model divides how much supply already exists divided by the amount that gets added every year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

He goes o’er and, without as much as a “Howdy do,” pult aside the sheet that divides the cabin in two at night.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Los Javis use the stories to tell the tale of a brutal war that divided Spain and left deep scars, and the story of the joys and hardships of ordinary men turned into soldiers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

In his statement, Poulter acknowledged LIV has "clearly divided opinion", but said he will be "forever proud" to be part of its founding group.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The movie is a fantasy parable set in a fairy-tale village and divided into illustrated chapter titles to suggest children’s literature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

A couple looking ahead to retirement — one an aggressive investor, the other more cautious — are divided over whether to pay off their $300,000 mortgage, with a rate of 2.75%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

If Chicken was lost, her life would be forever divided by this night.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Meta has a dual-class share structure, dividing the stock into Class A shares with one vote each and Class B shares with 10 votes each.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Rabbi Nadav Caine and his family gathered in their Michigan home to break challah bread for their weekly Shabbat meal, a brief respite from the acrimonious midterm election campaign dividing Jewish voters in their state.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

As he gains steady footing on the margin dividing observation and manipulation, aiming the camera at either side, Fielder uncovers something deeply, cosmically sad: Holmes can’t seem to tell the difference between the two.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The next key moving average to keep an eye on, which the Nasdaq hasn’t breached since March, is the 200-DMA, which many view as a dividing line between longer-term uptrends and downtrends.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

A barbed-wire fence went up, dividing the two sections of the ghetto.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson


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