divvy (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divvy (up)
Verb
  • Women often lose income, take on the bulk of caregiving, and carry the invisible labor of rebuilding a life, while men complain of the long-tail financial consequences of alimony, support payments, and assets split down the middle.
    Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The workplace is splitting in two: those who know how to collaborate with AI, and those who don't.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The appeals court divided 2-1 in turning down the government's request to halt Boasberg's directive.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The Trump administration reportedly calculated the tariff by dividing the trade deficit ($7.4 billion) by the value of imports to America ($22.2 billion) and then essentially halving the figure to reach 17%.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • At an event in Green Bay on Sunday night, Musk handed out to checks of $1 million to Nicholas Jacobs, the chair of the Wisconsin College Republicans, and graphic designer Ekaterina Diestler.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
  • For that same period in 2024, NSF handed out 1707 new awards.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Sorting the correct size was not straightforward, as the Italian tires on the truck were oddly proportioned and on metric measurements.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The Inspiron 14 Plus is proportioned like the Acer Swift 14 AI, at 0.7 by 12.4 by 8.8 inches.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • North Carolina surfer Owen Moss scored $75 from sponsor Got Milk, who was dishing out cold hard cash for winners of each heat as a fun incentive, along with a small carton of chocolate milk.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Boys lacrosse Matthew Grafton finished with a hat trick, and dished out a pair of assists as Abington knocked off South Shore Voke, 9-5, in a nonleague contest.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2025
  • This material is not to be reproduced or redistributed absent the written consent of Fairlead Strategies.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Musk doled out about $20 million of his own money to boost Schimel.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
  • In the meantime, Jasso and her colleagues doled out hot instant soup, fresh fruit and backpacks through the slots in the fence.
    Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Even generously portioned into two sets with an intermission, their 23-song show almost seemed over too fast, but that’s a testament generally to their clock-stopping spell.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
  • And what better way to tell them than portioning them out over several episodes? 7. Whither Maggie the waitress?
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Divvy (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divvy%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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