bifurcate
verb
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, -ˌkāt ; ˈbī-(ˌ)fər-ˌkāt \
adjective
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Google’s Pixel line now is bifurcated into two price tiers. — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, "Why Google’s surprise Pixel 4 tease raises the stakes," 12 June 2019 For starters, about this business of bifurcating worlds. — Quanta Magazine, "Why the Many-Worlds Interpretation Has Many Problems," 18 Oct. 2018 The case became split in two phases in October 2015, when a judge granted RMWD’s request to bifurcate the case. — Ramona Sentinel, "Plaintiffs win Phase 1 of lawsuit against water district," 5 June 2019 The reality is consumers don’t bifurcate or segment their world like that. — Leigh Kamping-carder, WSJ, "Casper Co-Founder Predicts the Death of (Bad) Retail," 21 Nov. 2018 The game shouldn’t be bifurcated by pitchers batting. — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, "The Lions in the Super Bowl, a .400 hitter in a season, and other sports dreams I’d like to see become reality," 14 July 2018 The danger for Republicans is that the political map this year is sharply bifurcated: the most competitive House and Senate contests are taking place in strikingly different parts of the country. — Jonathan Martin, New York Times, "Forget Tax Cuts. Trump Wants to Rally the G.O.P. Base Over Immigration.," 18 June 2018 At the urging of dozens of speakers, Metro's directors eliminated an option that would have elevated the rail line through the eastern half of Little Tokyo, bifurcating the neighborhood. — Laura J. Nelson, latimes.com, "Metro narrows the options for a light-rail line from downtown L.A. to Artesia," 25 May 2018 The move by Democrats would bifurcate and weaken privacy protections online. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "A Phony Vote on ‘Net Neutrality’," 15 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bifurcate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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