How to Use division in a Sentence
division
noun- After learning multiplication, the students were taught division.
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The Texas Rangers have a losing record and are third in their division.
— Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 12 July 2024 -
There are more people at odds and more division in the city.
— Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024 -
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 -
No word yet on if the Vikings are petitioning to stay in the division for good.
— Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2024 -
The fine folks at the FBI’s crime division say teens lost 2,500% more money to scams over a recent five-year stretch.
— Kim Komando, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024 -
Buzzfeed will lay off 15% of its staff and shut down its news division.
— Amber Burton, Fortune, 21 Apr. 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 -
All the details on that are here, and read Nellie’s cool look back at the division’s storied life here.
— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024 -
This is the fourth time in just over two years that the two are locking horns in a battle for the flyweight division title.
— al, 21 Jan. 2023 -
Through its shoes division, the league has served about 2,000 IPS and township students.
— Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Dec. 2022 -
So, the Eagles are anything but certain to win the division.
— Marcus Hayes, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Dec. 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 -
The stark divisions in the country often played out just feet apart at Michigan precincts.
— Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024 -
In his third season with them, the Chargers won their first division title in more than a decade.
— Ken Belson, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023 -
One more win clinches the division, a first-round bye and home-field advantage.
— Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2022 -
One more win clinches the NFC East division, a first-round bye and home-field advantage.
— Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022 -
The main event will tell us a lot about the immediate future of the UFC’s middleweight division.
— Brian Mazique, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024 -
If the Bengals lost to the Bills on Monday, then their season finale would have been for the division title.
— Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 4 Jan. 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 Bucs have a game lead on the rest of their division and have the Cardinals, Panthers and Falcons remaining.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2022 -
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 -
That would be enough to provide three shields for each of CMPD’s 13 patrol divisions.
— Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024 -
The high use of overtime at the security division has been on the utility’s radar for years.
— Dakota Smithstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023 -
Milwaukee would host the Arizona in one best-of-three wild-card round, with the winner advancing to play the Dodgers in the best-of-five division series.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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