divider
Americannoun
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Also called: room divider. a screen or piece of furniture placed so as to divide a room into separate areas
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a person or thing that divides
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electronics an electrical circuit with an output that is a well-defined fraction of the given input
a voltage divider
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The 101 is a major divider of wildlife habitat, particularly where the bridge will be built over a heavily traveled route northwest of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
As a result, Friday's evening play will feature just the second instalment of the match between Barry Hawkins and Mark Williams, with the divider raised so the whole arena can watch.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Shortly before 9 p.m., as news helicopters broadcast the pursuit live from overhead, the suspect crashed the van into the northbound side of the center divider near the Avenue 43 exit in Montecito Heights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
Video from the scene showed a mangled, upside down sheriff’s motorcycle near the center divider about 30 yards away from a Toyota sedan, which was smashed from the rear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
The divider screens, folded against the wall, look at me.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Seats are at the forefront, with private pods kitted out with extra storage space, wireless charging, ottomans and retractable privacy dividers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Lau's cubicle is one of nine in a single unit, separated by thin wooden dividers, in a 60-year-old building in one of Hong Kong's poorest neighbourhoods, Sham Shui Po.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Then there are the tall medians - or road dividers, as they are locally called.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
Though the move hasn’t been without its challenges for the K-6 community: The new space doesn’t have permanent interior walls, requiring the use of temporary dividers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
So they built a broad, straight highway, six lanes wide in places, with concrete dividers down the middle and outsized sodium street lamps that light the night sky for miles around.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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