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present participle of divide.

dividing

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breaking

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detaching detachment parting partition separation

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attachment

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union

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calculation

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arithmetic computation counting estimate estimation forecast judgment prediction

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figuring reckoning summation

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adding ciphering multiplying subtracting totaling

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comparison

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analogy connection contrast correlation example identification juxtaposition observation ratio relation resemblance similarity testing

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allegory association balancing collation comparability discrimination estimation exemplification illustration likeness likening measuring metaphor opposition segregation separation weighing

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analogizing analyzing bringing together collating distinguishing paralleling relating

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difference disconnection dissimilarity unlikeness

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division

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distribution

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analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjuncture dismemberment dissolution disunion divorce parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection severance subdivision vivisection

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breaking down breaking up contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance distinguishing disuniting rending separating splitting up

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attachment combination connection union

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accord agreement juncture system unification unison unity whole

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fission

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division parting severance

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atom smashing atomic reaction nuclear fission splitting the atom thermonuclear reaction

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partition

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barrier dissolution segregation separation

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allotment apportionment detachment disconnection distribution disunion hindrance obstruction parting portion rationing rupture screen severance share splitting wall

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aid assistance help promotion whole

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attachment juncture union unity

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severance

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analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjunction disjuncture dismemberment dissolution distribution disunion divorce divorcement parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection separation split subdivision vivisection

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breaking down breaking up contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance disseverment distinguishing disuniting rending separating splitting up

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attachment closing closure combination connection juncture marriage union

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sharing

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allocation distribution

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partaking participating partition splitting

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companionate

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Appeared in the October 9, 2025, print edition as 'The Craze Dividing Body Care: Trying to Smell Like a Doughnut'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Dividing Holmes from the average doubting conspiracy theorist is his reliance on empirical data.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

Dividing $5 million by the plaintiffs who are entitled to damages comes to less than $250,000 each, but that does not include substantial bankruptcy-related legal and administrative costs, which are paid first.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2024

Dividing each time a cell reaches a target size, known as the sizer strategy, seemed to be the best way to constrain the size of a cell.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

Dividing was the natural course—fighting the giants one-on-one, but that hadn’t worked so well last time.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

dividing

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