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be closely divided
adverb
In a close manner.
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The decisions will almost certainly be closely divided.
The court's current stance toward this "school choice" model is ambiguous, and the justices are likely to be closely divided.
That issue, on which the Rules Committee appeared to be closely divided, was shelved until the committee meets in Philadelphia in July.
The marquee decisions of the term — on affirmative action, voting rights and same-sex marriage — will almost certainly be closely divided on the core issues.
"The most logical inference," said Paul D. Clement, a former solicitor general in the Bush administration now with Kirkland & Ellis, "is that this is a case where the court is going to take its time scheduling this in the hopes that they will have nine justices to decide the case in the end because this is a case that could be closely divided".
"That seems likely to be closely divided," he said of the case.
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Both moderates and independents are closely divided.
"The country is closely divided," Mr. Mehlman said.
Moderates, independents and voters under 30 were closely divided.
Just because a party is closely divided doesn't necessarily mean it's deeply divided.
Drilling in the Arctic is a contentious issue on which the Senate is closely divided.
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