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dividing

  • present participle of divide.

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A day after being forced out, Fedorov on Thursday held an extraordinary press conference at which he accused the commander of dividing the country.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

At his own stampede speech, Hogan called separatism "a poison" dividing families across the province.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The warehouse is right on Indiana Street, the dividing line between Boyle Heights, which is in the city of Los Angeles, and unincorporated East L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

When the scientists reduced E2F3 levels in RB-deficient cancer cells, the tumors stopped dividing, could no longer form clusters, and in some cases died completely.

From Science Daily Jul. 4, 2026

He also wrote a book about the Hindu numeral system, which allowed the new style of numbers to spread quickly through the Arab world—along with algorithms, the tricks for multiplying and dividing Hindu numerals quickly.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife