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Recent Examples of subdivide
In the mid-1920s, after Nelson’s death, the entire Fair Lea compound was sold to a trio of investors who further subdivided the land to add several additional building lots.
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Mark David, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024
What seems at first like willy-nilly playfulness is actually carefully ordered design inspired by the rule of thirds, a governing aesthetic principle of fine arts that subdivides a canvas or object into nine equal parts along two horizontal and two vertical lines.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
The architectural gem once housed a single family, but was later subdivided into 16 living spaces as the city’s population swelled in the aftermath of colonial rule in the mid-1900s.
—Chris Humphrey, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Mark David, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024
What seems at first like willy-nilly playfulness is actually carefully ordered design inspired by the rule of thirds, a governing aesthetic principle of fine arts that subdivides a canvas or object into nine equal parts along two horizontal and two vertical lines.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
The architectural gem once housed a single family, but was later subdivided into 16 living spaces as the city’s population swelled in the aftermath of colonial rule in the mid-1900s.
—Chris Humphrey, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subdivide
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On Monday, the US government announced a new round of regulations on global AI chip exports, dividing the world into roughly three tiers of access.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
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Other volunteers set up in the job center’s parking lot to divide donations into care packages of food, toiletries, water and clothing.Yvonne Condes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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But Stiller and producer and star Adam Scott recognized the potential in newcomer Dan Erickson’s surreal script: Employees volunteer to undergo an operation, called severance, that bifurcates the consciousness into work life and personal life.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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This, to me, represents how Tesfaye has had to bifurcate himself in order to produce music and star in and completely rewrite The Idol.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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Romero split her childhood between the sprawling metropolis of Houston and the remote Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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The monk/fox combo needs to be split up, let Keon start!Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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Visitors to the Science Museum will be able to see the menagerie’s most famous resident: Louis XV’s rhinoceros, given to the king by a French governor based in India and later dissected and taxidermied upon its death.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
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JPMorgan’s trading desk focused on the monthly core CPI number as the most critical, and dissected how the S & P 500 might move depending on the reading.Yun Li, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
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Or, like Swarovski is doing by segmenting its collection into identifiable tiers, which the brand calls its ‘complications,’ targeting different product-price profiles.Stéphane JG Girod, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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The suit claims that the water main project was improperly segmented from the promenade.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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The canal bisects Panama, running 51 miles end to end.Alma Solís, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Many of his mixed media works are busy, bisected, and richly colored.Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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In some areas, no more than the width of a suburban lawn separates the project from the retreat.Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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While the pair will be bright enough to be seen by the naked eye, they will be too widely separated to fit within the field of view of a telescope or pair of binoculars.Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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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 20 Jan. 2025.
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