How to Use divide in a Sentence
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But Jews, along with the rest of the country, are divided about where the line between the two lies.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
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The cake that was once divided into 20 slices is now down to 13 pieces.
—Niklas Kouparanis, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
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However, some of the state Supreme Court justices were divided on the scope of the claims.
—Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2023
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Top each ramekin with 2 baguette slices; divide cheese evenly among ramekins (about 1/4 cup each).
—Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 15 Nov. 2023
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To serve, divide the spinach mixture among six bowls, then ladle with the broth and quadrucci.
—Leah Koenig, Saveur, 20 Sep. 2023
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Try dividing your dose and taking it in the morning and at night to help ease your stomach.
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 27 July 2023
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One is how profoundly divided the races were in the Jim Crow states.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
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The rest of the event consisted of wide rooms and passageways divided by black tarps.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
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There won’t be $400 million, or anything close to that sum, left to divide next summer.
—Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
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The eight teams are divided into two pools of four, with the winner of each pool meeting for the championship Nov. 4.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
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The seam in the middle divided two fabrics, one that was smooth and the other textured with a long train that wrapped around her wrist with a gold chain attached.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 Mar. 2024
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So much depends on the simple calculation of dividing one’s weight by the square of their height.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2023
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Simply divide your child’s hair into sections, and spray each one from root to end, working with a comb from the bottom up.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
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But the internet was divided as to whether or not the clip was actually made by Drake.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
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Like that volume, the new book is divided into five macro-sections.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 July 2023
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Officials have been divided as to how to proceed from here.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
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It is calculated by dividing the share price by the earnings per share for the trailing 12 months.
—Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Hike The national park area is divided into nine sections, spread out along the Gauley, New and Bluestone rivers.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2023
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In a place starkly divided by race, this man was someone both White and Black residents, adults and children alike, would swear was one of the good ones.
—Carole V. Bell, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
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The farm is divided into quadrants, each dedicated to one of four great tribes of Africa.
—Jodie Valade, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
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As my journalism career has taught me, denial and half-truths divide us.
—Alisyn Camerota, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2024
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At the time of its founding, the country was bitterly divided over slavery.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
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Shouting broke out as soon as one of the book opponents tried to divide her time with another speaker.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
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The judge said that because the Wades’ two children are adults, the only issue to determine is how to divide the couple’s money.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
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Another is divided into a dozen orange and yellow pie wedges around the face, with dark square markers for the hours.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 29 Dec. 2023
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Views of a season or movie are determined by dividing the total hours streamed by the total run time.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
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The study participants were divided into two groups: 24 adults who used the toothpaste, and eight adults who used a placebo paste.
—Katie Mogg, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
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The sales tax revenue would be divided: 40.4% for public transit.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023
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The space can easily be divided to include one or even two more bedrooms.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2023
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Experts are divided In 2022, Huston purchased the building where the company sits today.
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
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But in a sign of the divide in the race, Gascón declined to attend the first debate last week.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
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The kitten ran to the center of the bridge and got stuck in the moveable center divide — known as the zipper.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
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And now a new study is showing just how big that divide is in the United States.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
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No less than the teamwork and chemistry of an eight-man rowing crew, the subject of the film is the class divide.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
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The town-gown divide is almost as old as the college town itself.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
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The sports betting divide between the two states comes amid a debate over the long-term future of the Chiefs’ home stadium.
—Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
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Americans fought on both sides of that divide here at home, too, and their stories will curl your hair.
—CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
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The clashes made clear the sharp divides in Israeli society.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
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But the overall ranking conceals a sharp divide between the state's two systems.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
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Licht’s marching orders were to drag CNN back to the center of the political divide.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
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Newspapers are losing the battle against smartphones as the preferred place to learn the news, but one woman has found a way to bridge the divide and bring the print to the people.
—Jordan-Marie Smith, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
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But that place, where NBA team allegiances and civic pride blend as well as divide, could well be in Vacaville.
—Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2023
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Yet there is a vast divide in how that conversation is playing out.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
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For a general understanding of Rhone wines, think of a north-south divide.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
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Since the very start, Africa has found itself in the middle of the geopolitical divide over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
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This isn’t the only generational divide in the workplace.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 12 Sep. 2023
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The divide was reflected in the audience of House and Senate members Wednesday.
—CBS News, 19 July 2023
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Sociable zones are defined by shapes, rather than walled divides.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
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While Democrats of all stripes side overwhelmingly with the striking workers, there are sharper divides within the GOP.
—Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
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The generational divide is played for both laughs and poignant moments in Bartlett’s dark comedy.
—Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
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This has worsened a divide in Japan that’s also widening in the United States: between rural areas and cities.
—Jon Marcus, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
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Coleman was five years older, an almost generational divide to a 15-year-old, as Soto was at the time of the murder.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
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The State of the Union illuminated the stark divide between Democrats and Republicans.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 9 Mar. 2024
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This divide is very real, yet none of the relevant terms can really be defined.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
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The stalemate hardened the divide between Mr. Altman and Mr. Brockman and other board members.
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
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Generational divides can be bridged, but the people on either side of that distance have to be willing to meet halfway.
—Roxane Gay, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
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In China, the biggest divide in wealth is among rural and urban residents.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 4 May 2023
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This action in a Black and brown neighborhood was the manifestation of the racial divide in America.
—Wisdom O. Cole, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
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This goes both ways in any political or religious divide.
—The Editors, National Review, 4 Apr. 2024
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The restorative-justice circles were fraught not only with accusations of harm but, often, with significant cultural divides.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
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