Thesaurus results for DIVIDER

divider

noun

də-ˈvī-dər

Definition of divider

as in fence

something that divides, separates, or marks off placed a divider across the gym so we could have two activities going on at once

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Recent Examples of divider Her camera has recorded all of them, including near-misses like an out-of-control van flying airborne across the grassy divider between the house and Route 30. — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 The built-ins are quite useful and serve as a visual divider of sorts between the kitchen-dining nook and the living room. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 7 Sep. 2026 This is your big opportunity to pay tribute, to be a uniter, not a divider, on the day recalling the horrific events of a quarter century ago. — Ken Frydman, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026 These are like normal bike lanes, but concrete dividers separate them from the road. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for divider

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Like every Lucy project, there are also swing-for-the-fences samples, of the kinds of old, viral songs that create communities of nostalgic yearners in their YouTube comments.

— H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
Access holders say the fence has created significant problems, including trapping wildlife and diverting water from community irrigation ditches.

— Anna Alejo, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of fence

Noun

The third suspect acknowledged receiving the paintings at his home and hiding them behind a wall built beneath a staircase after the theft.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Simon took the campy photographs in the same Hilton hotel where Moore’s children awaited their mother, and the images make up what the wall text calls a MooreWrap cruise-collection look book.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

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Engineers in Siberia have installed two 95-ton steam separators at the BREST-OD-300 nuclear reactor.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Iron play is a separator at TPC Southwind, and Hovland has gained strokes on approach in all four majors this year and eight straight starts.

— Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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