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division

[dih-vizh-uhn] / dɪˈvɪʒ ən /




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But that was thanks mostly to slightly higher-than-expected sales from its defense business, with sales from its core commercial division falling short of expectations.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Microsoft previously cut nearly 5,000 jobs in July that heavily targeted its Xbox gaming division.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Microsoft earlier this year announced 3,200 job cuts in its Xbox videogames division.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Atlanta Braves should have started Chris Sale in Game 2 of the division series against the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

“I remember once,” he says, “we were in the middle of the exercise. The division commander said, ‘Stop.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

The English civil wars of 1642-51 emerged from political and religious divisions between royalists who supported the crown and reform-minded parliamentarians who sought to check the king’s power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

On the detail, there are divisions from the cabinet and down.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

A marriage story weighty enough to bear two fascinatingly complex couples, it explores a web of isolation and desire knotted with the divisions and woes of society today: class, labor, media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

That is an 11.9-percent increase from the same period last year, with growth in all divisions, including the luxury unit.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

He said something about a British airborne division seizing bridgeheads and two American airborne divisions stopping enemy troops from moving into the Cotentin Peninsula.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok


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