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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  • Essentially a form of computational fluid dynamics, the simulation divides the flow passages into a very large number of tiny regions and calculates things such as velocity, pressure, turbulence, and temperature throughout the component.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The professor shared a letter from a teacher who said that technology, such as earbuds, divides students from the classroom.
    — Julia Avant, CBS News, 26 Aug. 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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  • Filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain crafts a taut supernatural drama that dissects the patriarchy hiding beneath the veneer of a fairytale wedding.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • This German production, predominantly shot in Ukraine, carefully dissects how a gender transition and Russia’s invasion converge on the love between Olya (Tania Myronyshena) and Oleh (Markus Bright).
    — Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dissects
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  • Emergency services were sifting through the rubble of what used to be a nine-story building on the left bank of the Dnipro River that bisects the city as the sun rose and fires flared up around it.
    — Gleb Garanich, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The dog is ahead and has stopped by the tree that bisects the diagonal; the girl with the bright red coat who seems to be paused behind him.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Definition of bisects
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  • 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
  • Six oil and gas freighters were observed navigating on a route that cleaves close to Oman’s coast.
    — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of cleaves
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  • Guitarist and co-founder Daniel Kessler splits his time between the city and Barcelona.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The first would decide whether a campaign called People Not Politicians can place a measure on the ballot to strike down the map, which splits Kansas City.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of splits
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  • But halfway through the trip, an earthquake strikes, causing an avalanche that destroys their mountainside path, separates them from John and strands them 4,000 feet in the air.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • This resembles Sequoia Capital’s recent argument that AI separates intelligence from judgment.
    — Mark Lewis, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of separates
Verb
  • An output stage resolves any conflicts between separate commands, enforces strict equipment safety boundaries, and routes the signals directly to the reactor.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The agreement resolves a lawsuit filed in 2020 that alleged Walmart repeatedly violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by unlawfully dispensing opioid prescriptions at pharmacies across the country.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of resolves
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