split-up
noun
a splitting or separating into two or more parts.
split-ups
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pluralof split-up.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We will see more financial engineering, spinoffs, split-ups, and other deals.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
The move comes in the wake of some major U.S. corporate split-ups in the past, as listed below.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2021
His relationships with women were a mess, with split-ups, marriages and children sprinkled in with years of total isolation.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2015
But in this country's sometimes wacky betting industry, bookies accept wagers and set odds on whatever fanciful idea crops up in a gambler's head - from predicting showbiz split-ups to the discovery of extraterrestrial life.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2011
Through his parents’ various marital split-ups, he’d moved repeatedly from one remote and inhospitable town to another, learning to negotiate a series of stepparents along the way.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
