split
verb (used with object)
to divide or separate from end to end or into layers.
had split
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past perfectof split.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The team had split the drivers' tyre strategies - Kimi Antonelli took the conventional strategy and started on the mediums, Russell had gone for the hards.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
What if you had split it up into different time periods?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
An event that once felt like it had split time into a permanent before and after is fading into history itself.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Segura said Pazsitzky’s episode happened to be the first after TMZ caught wind that the pair had split, so she addressed it first.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
She could still see where his lip had split, even if it had mostly healed.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
