divide
verb (used with object)
to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
was dividing
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past progressiveof divide.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Among them was dividing Lakeland, a historically Black community that the government pushed Black families out of in the 1970s in the name of urban renewal, into two council districts.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2022
Earlier this week, General Electric announced it was dividing itself into three public companies, focused on aviation, health care and energy.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
Simultaneously, the world was dividing into the two “camps” of the Cold War.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
COMPTON, Calif. — Darryl Smith was dividing the pizzas among the boys’ track and field athletes of Dominguez High School when he first heard the voice he would never forget.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2014
If such an enzyme existed, Kornberg reasoned, the easiest place to find it would be in an organism that was dividing rapidly—E. coli during its furious phase of growth.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
