Sentence examples for splitters from inspiring English sources

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splitters

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Plural of splitter

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In Paarl, people point out that some of the splitters had been denied places on the municipal executive committee, which brings a salary more than double that of an ordinary councillor.Such observations are echoed nationwide.

That allows endless scope for argument between so-called splitters, who seem to want to give a new name to every skull discovered, and lumpers, who like to be as inclusive as possible.Some splitters, for example, argue that the African version of Homo erectus should be called Homo ergaster.

The second is splitters, the opposite of the first: the family undergoes a strategic split to avoid (or disentangle) family conflicts.

Splitters would like to turn the Georgia fossils, an early twig of the erectus tree, into Homo georgicus.

An important application is found in some colour television cameras, in which the light from the lens is divided by two beam splitters in succession to form red, green, and blue images on the faces of three image tubes in the camera.

Prisms containing a semireflecting, semitransmitting surface are known as beam splitters and as such have many uses.

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Mr Smith retorts that, because UKIP came first in the town last year, it would be more accurate to label the Tories vote-splitters.

Democrats can take some heart at winning a decent number of ticket-splitters and in electing a Senator in a red state — Ken Salazar in Colorado.But it wasn't enough to make a big difference.

Even the most optimistic atom-splitters think that 2017 is the earliest date by which the first one can be built.

While the genre has received a gaggle of nominations down the years – 60 in total, peaking in the 1930s with a swathe of screwball comedies – only a handful of side-splitters has scooped the Best Picture gong.

But the state is known for its share of ticket-splitters, he said, and he has bumped into some people supporting Mr. Walker who may still back Mr. Obama.

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