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As CEO, he has undertaken a significant restructuring of the business—including hiving off its life and retirement business—and overseen a marked increase in profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Men spilled over each other, hiving off into small groups to drink.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Deputy Economy and Finance Minister Maurizio Leo, an adviser to Meloni, had proposed splitting his ministry by hiving off the finance department responsible for tax matters.

From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2022

Volkswagen said it was considering hiving off its profitable Porsche division into a separate company with its own stock listing.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2022

Exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John