divvies (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of divvy (up)
as in shares (out)

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  1. divides
  2. splits
  3. hands out
  4. doles out
  5. redistributes
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  • Education level divides Americans as well — just 47 percent of Americans without four-year degrees reported believing that science benefits most people, compared to 71 percent of college grads.
    — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Each cell type is characterized by particular gene-expression settings, which are inherited when a cell divides.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of divides
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  • The design physically splits the site into two distinct zones.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • After a competition win, Fujino remarks that her dream was to see her manga animated, a comment that temporarily splits the two central characters.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of splits
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  • Video shared by the sheriff’s office captures the deputy confronting Wooten and repeatedly ordering him to take his hands out of his pockets, turn around and get on his knees.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Felton, like Saputra, regularly hands out experimental dishes to dedicated regulars in exchange for uncensored critiques.
    — Sam Flemming, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of hands out
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  • While the demand for aid has grown steadily in recent years, demand for the federal Low-Income Household Energy Assistance Program funds that the state doles out via the CEAP program has not.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Nicholson said reforms to how the state doles out special education funding is one possible solution.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of doles out
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  • This helps reduce the strain on recovering mothers and redistributes some of the care work that goes into raising children.
    — Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The welfare state increasingly redistributes away from those in need.
    — Chris Pope, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of redistributes
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“Divvies (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divvies%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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