How to Use polarization in a Sentence
polarization
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For me, there’s a polarization, which always had a sense of theater.
—Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 13 Dec. 2023
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Yet this polarization is just what Netanyahu needs right now.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 13 May 2021
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This is the polarization stage many of us are stuck in right now, also called othering.
—Julie Kratz, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, polarization and distrust are rising.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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No other legal case presents such a vivid metaphor for the country’s polarization.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
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Her first taste of politics came as a response to polarization on the other side of the aisle.
—James Anderson and Nicholas Riccardi, Star Tribune, 6 Feb. 2021
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And it can be seen as both a cause and a result of political polarization.
—Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 5 Dec. 2025
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The key turned out to be combining that method with observing the polarization of these fields.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2023
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Elections, after all, are snapshots in time — and polarization kicks in fast.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 2 May 2025
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And polarization has come for the academy, too.
—Keith Moore, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
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In a moment of national polarization, the stakes of the ballot box rose overnight.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 22 June 2022
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The last year has shown a spotlight on the stark polarization in America.
—Andrew Marquardt, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2021
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For more on the poll’s findings on polarization, views of the future, and top concerns, check out this story.
—Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 18 Aug. 2022
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Keep in mind that polarization is not the same as UV protection.
—Mike Richard, Men's Health, 17 May 2022
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At the other end of the spectrum, teams can be triggered into polarization.
—Edward Sullivan, Fortune, 28 June 2022
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Choosing to self-segregate opens the door open to polarization.
—Helen Lee Bouygues, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
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The polarization has always been there, the difference is scale.
—Paul Talbot, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
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As the laser passes through the crystal, its polarization rotates.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
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Look what that gentleman did to this country and the polarization – got all the cockroaches to rise to the top.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025
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Look what that gentleman did to this country and the polarization – got all the cockroaches to rise to the top.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 26 May 2022
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At a time of growing polarization, goodwill may seem outdated or naïve.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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In other words, the system's tilt away from unified control is now both a cause and effect of polarization.
—Ronald Brownstein, CNN, 11 Jan. 2022
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The events of the last few days have only added to the sense of polarization in Pakistani society.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2023
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So far, the court has avoided the extreme polarization of Congress.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2021
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And right now, in an era of pandemic and polarization, Americans have — and need — a lot of dreams.
—orlandosentinel.com, 7 Mar. 2021
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Most of all, there’s a sense of Houser’s own wide-eyed dismay at the polarization of talk radio and cable news.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
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The astronomers behind the project say the images are the first time astronomers have been able to capture and map polarization so close to a black hole.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Mar. 2021
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The sensor resistance tells us how much power the field contains, and the power tells us its polarization.
—Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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This is a moment of polarization and division.
—Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 23 June 2026
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Then there’s just the societal polarization that has intensified in the past decade and has more people on edge and coiled to lash out.
—Thomas Black, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
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