subdivide

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Recent Examples of subdivide The rights to subdivide Mar-a-Lago have expired, and Trump brags profusely of its costly restoration. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025 The glorious few who still worry about the decline of Palm Beach society speculated wildly that Trump was planning to legalize gambling and build a casino, or — the truly frightening possibility — subdivide his acreage and sell houses. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025 These large partitions are then subdivided into smaller ones, called macros and standard cells. Somdeb Majumdar, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2024 Soon after Taylor's death in 1895, his land on both sides of Lake McDonald — predecessor to Lake Austin — was subdivided and sold. Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for subdivide
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subdivide
Verb
  • The Trump administration reportedly calculated the tariff by dividing the trade deficit ($7.4 billion) by the value of imports to America ($22.2 billion) and then essentially halving the figure to reach 17%.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The appeals court divided 2-1 in turning down the government's request to halt Boasberg's directive.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • Streaming, meanwhile, has bifurcated the nature of the modern-day executive, creating a fundamentally different structure with its own unique rules and incentives that differ from those that apply to executives who work at a traditional studio or network.
    Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
  • This will be used as a proof point by both venture capital optimists and pessimists, as industry sentiment gets increasingly bifurcated.
    Lucinda Shen, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Women often lose income, take on the bulk of caregiving, and carry the invisible labor of rebuilding a life, while men complain of the long-tail financial consequences of alimony, support payments, and assets split down the middle.
    Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Weeks after rumors spread that Californian experimental hip-hop trio Death Grips had split, the band have now taken to social media to deny these claims.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But under recent case law — including the Structured Asset Sales v. Sheeran decision — courts have become increasingly focused on what can be dissected and filtered out on paper, rather than what is felt through the music itself.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • This technique, which involves dissecting the stomachs of euthanized animals, provides a snapshot of their recent meals.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • This process involved analyzing behaviors, segmenting audiences and refining these groups further through testing.
    Sam Nelson, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The American Hospital Association has also told its members that until a patch is available, hospitals should make sure the monitor no longer has access to the internet, and is segmented from the rest of the network.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Israeli ground forces pushed further into Gaza on Wednesday, taking over parts of a major corridor that bisects the enclave.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Israel said Wednesday its troops retook part of a corridor that bisects Gaza, and its defense minister warned that attacks would intensify until Hamas frees dozens of hostages and gives up control of the territory.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In the video game, as with the series, a five-year gap separates the two narrative installments, with main character Ellie jumping from 14 years old to 19 and putting on a good deal of muscle and height between that time.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Apr. 2025
  • They were separated from one another for the vast majority of the three films rather than given the kinds of great adventures and bonding moments that the original trilogy gave its core trio, and that led to much less compelling camaraderie and characters.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture).
    WWD, WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
  • 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 15 Apr. 2025.

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