DIVIDING Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

dividing

verb

present participle of divide

as in separating

to set or force apart volunteers divided the donated groceries into several dozen piles

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as in diverging

to go or move in different directions from a central point the group divided based on those who wanted to go swimming and those who didn't

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Recent Examples of dividing Beginning in 1992, Nagy began dividing his time between New York and New Delhi. — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Oct. 2026 Earlier this year, the state parted ways with its main contractor, Kiewit, over a pricing dispute, dividing the remaining work into multiple contracts. — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 In the accompanying video (above), Kondo also describes an ambition to coordinate multiple drones, sharing observations and dividing search tasks. — New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026 But Hélène’s son saw things differently, and in 2007, Emmanuel decided to reveal the truth of the matter in his book My Life as a Russian Novel, dividing the family. — Tobias Grey, Air Mail, 10 Oct. 2026 Since rates are computed by dividing the number of cases by the population at risk in a specified time period, then by definition, if the number of cases stays the same but the size of the denominator shrinks, the rates will be higher. — Nancy Krieger, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026 After being securely held for nearly four decades by one of the most preeminent politicians in California history, the House seat to represent bright blue San Francisco in Congress is up for grabs in November — and dividing the Democratic Party. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Yet, even presuming that the government could beat back Native powers, intelligently dividing that unseen area into plots would require understanding its geography, soil, and waterways. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 On other pieces, the musicians appear to take turns doing their respective things, dividing songs into sections. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026

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The former couple was married for 18 years before separating in 2022.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
The novel process works by separating lithium directly from liquid brines.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of separating

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But the world’s two biggest economies have been diverging in key ways with implications for future growth and indebtedness.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
In a powerfully compelling novel that brims with the cadences of the Black South, Jones explores the women’s diverging lives while using them as a lens to observe social injustice in language that is intimate, conversational, and musical.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

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Guidry is a frequent guest instructor, watching bullpens, parting his wisdom, and answering any questions the pinstripers’ new generation of pitchers may have.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Out of that conversation grew my novel The Undead, which is, in some ways, a parting love letter to Moscow.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of parting

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Everyday routines depend on maps, banking, tickets, transit, rideshare and messaging, and completely disconnecting remains impractical for most people.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
The sole survivor disables HAL by disconnecting the power source.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of disconnecting

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The pope paused for a moment and waved to the crowd before retreating into his apartment in the Apostolic Palace.

— Colleen Barry, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
In a world riven by democratic backsliding and polluted with AI slop, there’s something seductive about the idea of retreating to a wild, unnavigable place where no one can follow you—because you’ll be submerged up to your eyeballs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

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