Divisible Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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If it fails, Myanmar faces economic ruin reminiscent of 1987, when dictator Ne Win voided all bank notes in denominations not divisible by his lucky number 9, wiping out citizens’ savings overnight.

From The Wall Street Journal

Newman also found that some age databases contain unusual numbers of people born on the first day of the month or on dates divisible by five, suggesting many of these birth dates are fabricated.

From Science Magazine

This is patently false: you can recognize numbers divisible by 3 because their digits total a number divisible by 3.

From Scientific American

Twenty-seven steps, divisible by three, a good number.

From Literature

What if we no longer thought of the world as so blithely divisible?

From New York Times