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I'm sure you understand the divisive nature of the issue.

There may be no more divisive word in the art world just now.

I do care because the whole race issue is divisive.

He is the most divisive political leader in American history.

For political reasons, this development would have been divisive at the time.

This has never been a divisive issue inside the Commission.

But trade is becoming a divisive issue, especially since the end of the war.

The issues in this year's budget fight are not especially divisive.

Within the party, one of the most divisive issues is abortion.

On foreign and defense policy, the early signals look less divisive.

Many fear the general may play a divisive role at a critical time.

It would be very divisive to break up England in this way.

"When are you going to stop this type of divisive campaign?"

"The judge felt that it would be a divisive issue in the community."

"I would hope it does not come down to a divisive vote."

Finally, the issue of private accounts continued to be a divisive one.

Personally, although not from the left, I believe her to be a divisive figure.

The 1942 presidential election were another divisive moment for the right.

But we'd been parted by something more divisive than death.

Those two issues are among the most divisive for the country's new rulers.

Around the world, the question of water ownership has never seemed so divisive.

Questions of equity have become particularly divisive in recent weeks.

Religion became a divisive issue during the presidential campaign of 1960.

Often issues of marriage and sexual freedom were most divisive.

They said the litigation had been a hot issue at the school but not particularly divisive.