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Recent Examples of subdivide
These large partitions are then subdivided into smaller ones, called macros and standard cells.
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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
Additionally, more than 14 acres may be subdivided and built on.
—Mary Forgione, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024
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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
Additionally, more than 14 acres may be subdivided and built on.
—Mary Forgione, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subdivide
Verb
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For decades afterward and until the advent of internet telephony, Druze families divided by the armistice lines who wanted to communicate with one another did so via megaphone in an area that came to be known as Shouting Hill.—
Uriel Heilman,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Primary care has long been associated with the image of a busy doctor, divided between patients and the administrative grind.—
Stephen Wunker,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Either way, that both these possibilities suddenly exist on screen bifurcates the story between two equally didactic possibilities when its strengths lie in lingering uncertainties.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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Lake Avenue, which bifurcates the two into east and west, had historically been a de facto segregation line preventing families of color from purchasing properties east of Lake Avenue.—
Jireh Deng,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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The game is split into night and day cycles, where the danger of the journey melts into campfire talk at night and exchanging stories with other travelers.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
WIRED,
5 Mar. 2025
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Monahan was a Bristol native who currently split his time between Burlington and Florida.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
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Characters dissect its backstory and hypothesize about its potential to inflict traumatic brain injuries from afar.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Stefanik, Senator John Fetterman, and others excoriated Masoud from Washington, and the event was dissected in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the Daily Mail.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Employers can also segment their internal communications' strategies by department or geography and think about unique ways to engage those specific groups.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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The brain was not just segmenting at the boundaries people recognized as meaningful scene changes.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Israeli forces were withdrawing from a key corridor that bisects the Gaza Strip on Sunday as part of Israel’s commitments under a tenuous ceasefire deal with Hamas.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC News,
9 Feb. 2025
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That would clarify a bit of confusion in the city code, Bonta said, to make sure contractors use concrete for driveways where a sidewalk bisects the driveway.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The January Starship mishap occurred over the North Atlantic after the 171-foot (52-meter) Starship separated from the Super Heavy rocket booster that hauled it toward space.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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After Ruby’s arrest, Kevin, who had been separated from his wife for a year, filed for divorce and began seeking to regain custody of his four children.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 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 14 Mar. 2025.
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