split (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for split (up)
Verb
  • Series two, like its predecessor, suggests that a balanced approach is not about completely isolating work from life, but rather about establishing a dynamic interplay between the two.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • This has hallmarks of emotional abuse – non-physical behaviors meant to isolate, control and frighten.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The inability of Black veterans to access home loans left them segregated and sidelined from democracy even after the Voting Rights Act.
    Made by History, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Additionally, the University of Minnesota is being investigated for allegedly operating a program that segregates students on the basis of race.
    Cheyanne Mumphrey, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The basketball-centric solution for the ACC would be a merger or alliance of some kind between the Big East and the ACC, which would be akin to a reassembling of the original Big East, which should never have been broken up to begin with.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The band, which broke up in 2016, reunited two years ago to perform a series of concerts.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Davis was already separated from Freddie’s mother at the time.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The couple wed in Boca Raton, Fla., on Feb. 26, 2006, and had two sons, Benjamin, born in 2009, and Lincoln, born in 2010, before separating in 2012.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • That's when glorious God gave Moses the power to part the water by raising his arm.
    Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Jeffrey respected her wishes and the two parted for a summer.
    Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Split (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/split%20%28up%29. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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