Thesaurus results for SPLITS (ON)

splits (on)

verb

present tense third-person singular of split (on), British

as in talks

to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities promise you won't split on us, and we'll tell you what happened

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Ullrich sees the shift less as a dodge than as a new chair recalibrating how the institution talks.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 July 2026
In the same sequence, Carter talks to a rancher about working for him.

— Brayden Garcia July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026

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Trump views it in zero-sum terms, as a thing the strong seize from the weak—a view that informs his constant desire to steal natural resources from smaller countries.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
This was my strategy throughout the book and informs my citational practices as well.

— Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 July 2026

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