divvied (up)

verb

past tense of divvy (up)
as in shared (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divvied (up)
  1. divided
  2. handed out
  3. split
  4. allotted
  5. redistributed
  6. doled out
  7. assigned
  8. distributed
Verb
  • While Walmart isn’t an official sponsor of the World Cup, either, taking advantage of the social media chatter helps the company glom onto the tournament without paying FIFA for the privilege – especially when attention spans are divided.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • Although the numbers on the chassis were divided into various unrelated intervals, the transmissions appeared to be numbered sequentially, as were the tank guns, heaters, road wheels and turret engines.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 7 July 2026
Definition of divided
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  • The singer ordered 30 pizzas to be delivered to the line of fans outside New York City’s Central Park, handed out by members of her team — including her dad!
    — Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • Teen and young adult volunteers handed out water bottles, staffed information booths and hyped up the crowd.
    — Shivika Verma, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of handed out
Verb
  • In August, the five-person court split along party lines to meet once a month instead of twice a month.
    — Rachel Royster July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
  • In the future, should both formats reach 20 submissions in the same year, the Television Academy will automatically split the categories into two again.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Definition of split
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  • In declining the option, the Hawks now have access to all of the $15 million allotted to their nontaxpayer midlevel exception.
    — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
  • This thing is seriously massive, featuring way too many goodies to list in the space allotted here.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Definition of allotted
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  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    — Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 7 July 2026
  • However, after several months, the company redistributed her design team’s duties and laid off the team’s members.
    — Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of redistributed
Verb
  • Like any good Sheridan show, gratuitous violence and clichéd wisdom are doled out with abandon, the spoonful of sugar to help the medicine—in this case ranching gone awry—go down.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026
  • Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill gave about $10 billion to NASA to be doled out over six years, but much of those funds are earmarked for specific purposes.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of doled out
Verb
  • When the time came for the Southern Living staff to begin the process of combing through 60 years of recipes, we were each randomly assigned a couple of issues from various years.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
  • The moniker was assigned to Trump by Kurt Andersen and Grayden Carter’s Spy Magazine in 1988 as a sardonic stab at his attention grasping drive.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 8 July 2026
Definition of assigned
Verb
  • Authorities say electrical service in La Guaira has recovered to roughly 90%, while more than 5 million liters of water have been distributed across affected areas.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • After attorneys are paid, the remaining funds will be distributed to impacted customers.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Definition of distributed
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