subdivide

Example Sentences

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Or, he could apply to subdivide the lots into multiple smaller ownerships.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Unlike state criminal codes, the federal criminal code does not “grade” or subdivide most of its white-collar offenses.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2023

“That male lineage unifies the tomb, whereas female ancestors subdivide the community.”

From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023

Groups with more complex skeletons may occupy smaller niches and are less able to subdivide those niche spaces in order to produce new species.

From Science Daily • Sep. 25, 2023

But she was probably being modest, because if you looked harder at Weisberg’s life you could probably subdivide her experiences into fifteen or twenty worlds.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell