dividing

Example Sentences

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If you kept dividing an apple into smaller and smaller pieces, you would eventually reach molecules, then atoms, and later the tiny particles inside atoms such as protons, quarks, and gluons.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

This past week’s two-day summit barely addressed the many issues dividing the two countries.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

The author has been faithfully logging her own schedule for a full decade, dividing each day’s 24 hours into 30-minute increments on a spreadsheet.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

For years, technical fluency was the dividing line.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

He did not know what to do, so he continued dividing the food.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick