split up

Example Sentences

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If Kellogg’s split-up taught us anything, it’s that value can often come from making a stand-alone business attractive to an acquirer.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

An MP has criticised the "appalling" treatment of a family split-up by UK authorities as they tried to flee Sudan.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2023

The parent of Office Depot is delaying a split-up of its businesses to review a new buyout offer.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2022

After the split-up of the United States, he writes, “the peace that had been maintained through the overwhelming military and economic might of the United States would not hold.”

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2020

He cried a little but he knew he would be all right because, ever since the split-up of his parents when he was five, he had pretty much raised himself.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger