subdivides

verb

present tense third-person singular of subdivide
as in divides

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  1. divides
  2. bifurcates
  3. dissects
  4. bisects
  5. cleaves
  6. splits
  7. separates
  8. resolves
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  • The collapse of institutional rivalry The separation of powers divides authority among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government to prevent too much power from becoming concentrated in any one place.
    — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The method divides relative cost of delay by relative job duration.
    — Dr. Timothy J. Giardino, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of divides
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  • While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
  • For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021
Definition of bifurcates
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  • In a conversation with THR, Sloyan dissects playing Margaret, the character’s dark path, surprise reveal, her demise and her pitch for a Margaret prequel.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Ward dissects the Black experience in America, reflects on her own experience as a young Black girl growing up in poverty in southern Mississippi, lauds the writers who influenced her, and examines her own motivations as a writer.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of dissects
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  • Tributary derives its name from First Creek, which bisects the land and will help define the new community, including in its design.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The glow of her computer occasionally caught her sharp cheekbones and bounced off her chin, highlighting the thin tattooed line that bisects it.
    — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bisects
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  • Parents ship young children abroad; white-collar professionals become fast-food workers; migration cleaves young lovers.
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Mantel cleaves instead to a felicitous simplicity, to constructions that achieve consonance with the period but stop short of mimicry.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaves
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  • The interface splits each 2-core fiber into two single-core fibers inside the repeater for efficient amplification, then merges them back into 2-core fibers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Mana splits his time between New York and South Florida, with places in Miami and Boca Raton.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of splits
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  • Equatic pumps seawater through an electrolyzer, where an electric current passes through a sandwich of plastic and metal plates and separates the water into two streams, one alkaline and one acidic, while also producing oxygen and hydrogen.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The patented Toowong Process separates toxic arsenic from copper concentrate using a low-temperature, low-pressure hydrometallurgical method.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of separates
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  • The subsequent settlement resolves the litigation without requiring a trial on damages or the remaining issues.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The need-to-know this morning Liquidia and United Therapeutics reached a settlement agreement that resolves their ongoing patent litigation over Liquidia’s treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
    — Elaine Chen, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of resolves
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