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Titanic estates have dotted L.A. over the last century, but most have been whittled down by developers subdividing the lots and selling them as separate properties.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

About 340 million years ago, leaves sported veins that branched like a tree, with a main “trunk” subdividing into multiple branches.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024

Peter Gleick, author of more than a dozen books on water, orchestrates a voyage through the history of this precious and finite commodity, subdividing a rich timeline into three eras.

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023

The three ended up subdividing the loft LeCompte had shared with Gray with a wall and separate entrances so no one had to move out.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

One of the most characteristic ways of subdividing struggles is on the basis of whether they are of a nature which admits of compromise or not.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra