How to Use division in a Sentence

division

noun
  • After learning multiplication, the students were taught division.
  • Its interior layout remains one of the best in the sports-coupe division.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The vote exposed deep divisions within the party over how to confront concerns over crime and public safety.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Political views often have an outsized role in causing divisions on these topics.
    Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine division, Janssen, was far along.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • All this seems to resonate with John Shields, who leads The Economist’s audio division.
    Vulture, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Biology is used, not to draw attention to what all humans have in common, but instead to manufacture artificial divisions.
    Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
  • This division often results in a lack of collaboration, causing the employer brand to be deprioritized.
    Toyna Chin, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The Texas Rangers have a losing record and are third in their division.
    Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 12 July 2024
  • Despite that, the Dodgers rolled through a division series with a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • The home team went quietly in the seventh, then in the eighth and again in the ninth, spoiling a chance to draw even with the Reds for first place in the division.
    Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2023
  • Buzzfeed will lay off 15% of its staff and shut down its news division.
    Amber Burton, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The Slam won the WFA title in 2009, but dropped to the league’s second division two seasons later.
    Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • The 16-team playoff would feature the division winners and wild cards.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Kimmel then asked what group Trump would be in since there are racial divisions in prison.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • All the details on that are here, and read Nellie’s cool look back at the division’s storied life here.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The night the Dodgers clinched the division on Sept. 16, Kershaw started with four scoreless innings.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In a prime time matchup and division rivalry game, that doesn’t seem likely given the stakes.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The winner won the division and a playoff spot; the loser's season ended.
    Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • From there, the winner of the 2-3 matchup in each division faces the winner of the division champion-wild card playoff matchup in Round 2.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Do not let your fear and anger be used by those seeking dominance and division.
    Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor Of Psychiatry, Wayne State University, Fortune Well, 28 Oct. 2023
  • That would be enough to provide three shields for each of CMPD’s 13 patrol divisions.
    Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
  • Milwaukee would host the Arizona in one best-of-three wild-card round, with the winner advancing to play the Dodgers in the best-of-five division series.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Some of Ohio’s toughest football teams come through this region in the state’s biggest division.
    Matt Goul, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Rumor has it Tiffany & Co. is going to start ramping up its watch division.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Unilever’s Beauty and Wellbeing division saw the highest revenue growth in the first half.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 25 July 2024
  • Graves began the meeting with a lament over the division and harm to the church by disaffiliation.
    Greg Garrison | , al, 7 May 2023
  • The car crash came amid growing division among Boston city councilors.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • The poll also showed how divisions among voters over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza are having an effect on the contest.
    Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Those in the defense and space division as well as the aftermarket services unit will still have the option to work a hybrid schedule.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023

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