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divide

[dih-vahyd] / dɪˈvaɪd /






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This is the divide, and it is accelerating across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Jon Gould, dean of UC Irvine’s School of Social Ecology, said the level of disapproval for Trump is striking given Orange County’s generally close political divide.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

But the divide was much less pronounced compared to now.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

“We’re developing methods to discover drugs to improve human health. But there’s also this concept of divide and conquer.”

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

He’d used an artist’s technique called “the golden mean” to divide the picture into imaginary thirds both vertically and horizontally, like a tic-tac-toe board.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai




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