Example Sentences

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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

Rap music was dividing the civil rights and hip-hop generations.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2020

Simultaneously, the world was dividing into the two “camps” of the Cold War.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

The next day, Manafort went on “Fox News Sunday” to try to calm Republicans who were worried that Trump was dividing their party.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2018

The movement was dividing into two groups—one that made voting rights for black men the priority and another that demanded that female suffrage also be considered—and this disagreement changed the relationships among advocates.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling