dividers
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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
They used room dividers to carve their space into sleeping quarters.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2025
High-altitude photography came with risks - many of Sella's most ambitious shots were ruined when humid conditions caused tissue dividers to stick to the negatives.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025
Despite using room dividers to shrink the space, the campaign could not hide that the crowd felt like a medium-sized wedding, albeit a pathetic one where no one cares for the couple.
From Salon • Aug. 7, 2024
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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