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Recent Examples of subdivide
Two contractors, Damien Davis and Ken Hoyt, plan to subdivide 30 undeveloped acres south of the North Turkey Creek Road and Starlight Drive intersection into three 10-acre home lots.
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Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
These diagrams break sentences down into noun phrases and verb phrases and then further subdivide them into nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and so forth.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
The new owner plans to tear down the lodge and subdivide the property into private homes.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The editor was intelligent and could handle different types of text according to its context, and the user could subdivide the large document workspace into multiple subdocuments, all kept together.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
These diagrams break sentences down into noun phrases and verb phrases and then further subdivide them into nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and so forth.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
The new owner plans to tear down the lodge and subdivide the property into private homes.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The editor was intelligent and could handle different types of text according to its context, and the user could subdivide the large document workspace into multiple subdocuments, all kept together.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subdivide
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It’s divided into five romances.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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The price-to-earnings ratio is calculated by dividing the stock price by the consensus 12-months earnings projections on FactSet.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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At the same time, the enterprise AI market is bifurcating.—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Feldstein Soto said the proposal to bifurcate the office has nothing to do with her performance.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Those who paid taxes in 2023 reflecting higher than a 15% increase will be issued credits split over their property tax bills throughout the next three years.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2026
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Graphite One says production will be split between materials optimized for energy storage systems, fast-charging applications, and high-energy-density batteries.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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Previous online bullying prompts statement Concern over Annis' previous affiliations are just the tip of the iceberg of how carefully dissected Love Island contestants become.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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The Louis-Lestat romance fans love to dissect is far from over.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
2 June 2026
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Finding out the appropriate way to segment the market, determining the right segment to target, and positioning the company in the eyes of customers will enable a company to allocate its resources effectively.—
Ezgi Eyüboğlu,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 May 2026
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If a judge overturned Tuesday’s court ruling to extend polling place times, the provisional ballots would help election officials segment out votes cast after polls were originally scheduled to close.—
Jamie Landers,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The thing is, most tourists only drive through the 384 miles of scenic asphalt that bisect the park’s wilds.—
Matt Bell,
AFAR Media,
19 May 2026
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Hobart City attorney Heather McCarthy said the petitioners will need to provide the city with an approval letter from NIPSCO since a NIPSCO line that bisects the property is owned by that utility.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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The researchers used a single high radiation dose, whereas human treatments are usually fractionated – that is, given in smaller doses over time.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Oct. 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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In August 1947 the Indian subcontinent achieved independence from British rule but was simultaneously partitioned into the separate countries India and Pakistan.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
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It’s partitioned by a long, tiled bar along the left wall, situated behind the hearth and its surrounding oval counter and framed, aesthetically, by double Moroccan doors painted in hypnotic geometries.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Subdivide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdivide. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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