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divide

[dih-vahyd] / dɪˈvaɪd /






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“There’s always been a little bit of an East-West divide in Los Angeles,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 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

The Epstein scandal threatens to deepen a divide among the descendants at a time when the two remaining banks bearing the family name are increasingly in competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Usually wives and husbands divide their separate property among their heirs and their second spouse, but there’s no rule that says they must do that.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Worst of all, if you wantonly divide by zero, you can destroy the entire foundation of logic and mathematics.

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




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