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Recent Examples of subdivide
His family also owned a small commercial real-estate business that bought properties and subdivided them — allowing Bobbitt, who now splits time between Oakland and the East Bay suburbs, a path to build steady work experience.
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Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
In the early 1900s, railroad magnate Henry Huntington, who owned vast tracts of land around LA, started subdividing his holdings into small plots and building homes.
—Jay L. Zagorsky, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2024
Rather, Proposition 4 is divided into eight different spending categories — which are in turn each subdivided into about five to 25 spending allocations — designed to placate political constituencies rather than ensure efficient and effective allocation of precious funds.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024
It was first developed in 1924 after Frank Lester Burrell and his wife Anne proposed subdividing their orchard property at the intersection of Park Avenue and Hedding Court.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
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Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
In the early 1900s, railroad magnate Henry Huntington, who owned vast tracts of land around LA, started subdividing his holdings into small plots and building homes.
—Jay L. Zagorsky, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2024
Rather, Proposition 4 is divided into eight different spending categories — which are in turn each subdivided into about five to 25 spending allocations — designed to placate political constituencies rather than ensure efficient and effective allocation of precious funds.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024
It was first developed in 1924 after Frank Lester Burrell and his wife Anne proposed subdividing their orchard property at the intersection of Park Avenue and Hedding Court.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
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For about a decade residents and city leaders were divided over how to redevelop the area, with some in support of maximizing the number of housing and office spaces and others resistant to adopting such large projects.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Congress is currently divided, with Republicans having control over the House and Democrats holding a majority in the Senate.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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One example is the need to bifurcate amounts into pre-2020 and post-2020 amounts.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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So the market has bifurcated, with roughly half of buyers preferring something perfect from a lab, and the other half still preferring something that maybe has romantic flaws.Felix Salmon, Axios, 12 Oct. 2024
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After months spent working on an effort to revitalize Saratoga’s commercial scene, the Saratoga City Council was split in its decision to advance a pilot outdoor dining program for a fine dining restaurant in the city’s downtown.Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The organ is split into six different segments, and sections of thickened tissue are said to correlate to spells of colder weather.Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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All of which will be dissected and debated in that manic manner peculiar to Tesla adherents.Jason Barlow, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
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For reasons that have been dissected for years now, half of our country has become so angry and radicalized that this movement towards a repressive and exclusionary authoritarianism will not be defeated this November.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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By segmenting the categories that will be the big engines this holiday, retailers will have more latitude to be more selective with their promotions.Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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Labor markets have become less segmented by region and, in some cases, more remote, so techies don’t necessarily have to move to Silicon Valley and autoworkers don’t necessarily have to move to Detroit.Erica Pandey, Axios, 1 Sep. 2024
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Its atmospheric medieval center, bisected by the beautiful old de Oudegracht canal is the spiritual heart of this compact city and where the thriving energy of Utrecht's canal-side café culture comes to life.Gurdeep Loyal, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
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Freckled with grazing sheep and wandering cows, it’s dominated by views of towering mountains bisected by rushing rivers and gurgling streams painted in broad swaths of muted browns, yellows, and greens.Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2024
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Minor candidates picked up 3% to 4% of the vote in Economist/YouGov and Times/Siena polls over the last week, a greater vote share than the one percentage point separating Trump and Harris.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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With Trump and Harris now separated by a hair in Michigan and Wisconsin, the Stein vote could once again prove decisive this year.Joe Edwards, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture).WWD, WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
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The initial wave fractionated into smaller 25-foot waves, which reverberated across the fjord for over a week.Carly Miller, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Subdivide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdivide. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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