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divides

  • plural of divide.
  • present tense form of divide (3rd person singular).

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And that geographical imbalance helped further fuel ideologically divides.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Every time a healthy cell divides, its telomeres become a little shorter.

From Science Daily Jul. 1, 2026

There are industry divides over which bill allows more flexibility to comply with new mandates and whether airlines should be required to make potentially costly retrofits of cockpit systems.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

That metric divides an asset’s price by the average of ten years of earnings and adjusted for inflation.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Prison conditions have a way of tempering polemics, and making individuals see more what unites them than what divides them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela