How to Use division in a Sentence

division

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  • After learning multiplication, the students were taught division.
  • Despite that, the Dodgers rolled through a division series with a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • The home team went quietly in the seventh, then in the eighth and again in the ninth, spoiling a chance to draw even with the Reds for first place in the division.
    — Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2023
  • The Slam won the WFA title in 2009, but dropped to the league’s second division two seasons later.
    — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • The 16-team playoff would feature the division winners and wild cards.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Kimmel then asked what group Trump would be in since there are racial divisions in prison.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The night the Dodgers clinched the division on Sept. 16, Kershaw started with four scoreless innings.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In a prime time matchup and division rivalry game, that doesn’t seem likely given the stakes.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The winner won the division and a playoff spot; the loser's season ended.
    — Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • From there, the winner of the 2-3 matchup in each division faces the winner of the division champion-wild card playoff matchup in Round 2.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Do not let your fear and anger be used by those seeking dominance and division.
    — Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor Of Psychiatry, Wayne State University, Fortune Well, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Some of Ohio’s toughest football teams come through this region in the state’s biggest division.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Rumor has it Tiffany & Co. is going to start ramping up its watch division.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The car crash came amid growing division among Boston city councilors.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • The poll also showed how divisions among voters over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza are having an effect on the contest.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Those in the defense and space division as well as the aftermarket services unit will still have the option to work a hybrid schedule.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Alicia Graf Mack took over as dean and director of Juilliard’s dance division five years ago.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 25 June 2023
  • Panay will run Amazon’s division for its Alexa and Echo speakers, Bloomberg reports.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2023
  • However, Cribb said her division no longer reports the number of deaths.
    — Mary Hynes Las Vegas Review-Journal (tns), arkansasonline.com, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Lansberry has served as CFO of the company’s Parks division since 2017.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 15 June 2023
  • The tournament’s 32 teams are split into eight groups of four, with the top two of each division qualifying for knockout play.
    — NBC News, 21 July 2023
  • In other words, the Patriots remain at grave risk of being last in the division, and quarterback play is a big reason.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The Astros have played like a team that smells yet another division title; the Rangers have played like a team, well, searching for wherever that smell came from.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Longboard and shortboard divisions are offered for boys and girls age 16 and younger, including the Super Menehunes for novice surfers age 7 and younger.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Unveiling the new division, Curtis Brown Group also announced a host of new clients.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The halfhearted gesture reflected division within the West at the time.
    — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • The emir was known for pardoning dissidents in 2021 and again this year in an attempt to quell internal divisions.
    — Mallory Moench, Time, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The outfit also comes with an advertising division, which has worked with top brands from Nike to Hasbro.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Nguyen and Denver are assigned to the Sheriff's Office's cyber division.
    — Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2023
  • This will only fuel chatter of about Democrats divisions.
    — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 8 July 2023

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