splitting (up)

present participle of split (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for splitting (up)
Verb
  • Last year, a mysterious fireball was spotted breaking up in the sky over southern Russia.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • They got engaged for the first time in November of 2022, before breaking up in January 2004.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than isolating elders to a clinical setting, Assisted Living Magazine encourages environments where leisure, purpose, and community are part of everyone’s daily life.
    Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • During the dictatorships after World War II, the natural barrier of the Accursed Mountains was fortified, set about with land mines, and patrolled, effectively isolating the stronghold of Albania from the rest of the world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The proposal would assign a DOJ team from another district to examine device backups and cloud data obtained from an attorney, segregating any privileged content.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • One example of this would be segregating cash into envelopes labeled for different purposes.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • She wed Thomas Evans in 2022, later separating.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The project features nearly 5,000 feet of new pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, including a dedicated path, new crosswalks and barriers separating vehicles from walkers, according to a news release from Louisville Parks and Recreation.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Daedone persuaded the swelling ranks of OM enthusiasts, givers and receivers alike, to join an experiment in communal living, gradually parting them from their wealth and autonomy.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That was one guest’s parting words to another, after Tuesday night’s dinner for the inaugural Tom Wolfe Prizes for Fiction & Reportage at the Waverly Inn.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Splitting (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splitting%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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