as in death
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
many religions claim to know what happens after we cross the great divide
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Recent Examples of great divide
There's a great divide for Americans who need dental care with some forced to live with pain and shame while others flash five figure veneers.
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
By hanging her story on a great divide between the state and society, the author also ignores ways in which the two are mutually constituted.
—Susan Greenhalgh and Xiying Wang, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
That marked a great divide, a shift in my understanding of myself as autonomous rather than a sheet in the wind.
—Lucy Corin, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
Saltburn Writer and director Emerald Fennell’s second film is bound to cause great divides in your group chats.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
By hanging her story on a great divide between the state and society, the author also ignores ways in which the two are mutually constituted.
—Susan Greenhalgh and Xiying Wang, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
That marked a great divide, a shift in my understanding of myself as autonomous rather than a sheet in the wind.
—Lucy Corin, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
Saltburn Writer and director Emerald Fennell’s second film is bound to cause great divides in your group chats.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great divide
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Edna Buchanan is the Pulitzer prize-winning crime reporter who covered more than 5,000 violent deaths during her 18-year career at the Miami Herald.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
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Missouri has the most deaths with 12, followed by Kansas with eight.—
Robert Shackelford,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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The duo were intrigued by a movie that could tell not only the Cain and Abel story of two childhood pals turned lethal adversaries, but also the demise of the Mafia's national stranglehold, which began with Costello's famous testimony before a congressional hearing in 1951.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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And coming shortly after Brexit, Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, DFID’s demise further called into question Britain’s commitment to global cooperation.—
Sarah Stroup,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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Genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in the United States on Sunday, raising concerns about the fate of highly sensitive genetic data from its 15 million customers.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
26 Mar. 2025
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Coach Kevin Willard and every Maryland fan in the country would sign up for that fate against the Gators.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2025
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Alvarez’s passing has significantly improved since his spell at Manchester City.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Shapiro points toward the band’s history in the city, noting that Garcia and the Dead’s last concert was in Chicago a month before Garcia’s passing.—
Ethan Millman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, the survey results aren’t all doom and gloom, as 79% of parents reported relief in venting to friends about their most stressful parenting moments.—
Christian Dashiell,
Parents,
10 Mar. 2025
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The clock has been ticking for Tim ever since, as he's kept his family — wife Victoria (Parker Posey), sons Saxon (Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan (Sam Nivola), and daughter Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook) — in the dark and blissfully unaware of the impending doom.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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