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Example Sentences
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The Kurds are a great people divided into four entities, imprisoned in four different states: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria.
They divided up the area and went back out again.
From Literature
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Instead of slowing their growth, many SAR11 cells continued copying their DNA but failed to divide.
From Science Daily
Each of the friends, who live in the Flemish village of Zingem, stands to pocket about 5.8 million euros once the prize is divided into equal shares.
From Barron's
The school is divided into different groups, with leaders at each level and a senior leader who presides over the whole school.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.