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Recent Examples of atomization
Chinamaxxing romanticizes things that feel structurally out of reach at home — compact, affordable-looking apartments; public transit that works; streets safe to walk at night; multigenerational households as an antidote to loneliness; communal meals as an antidote to atomization.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
The atomization of society begins with your morning coffee.
—Jakub Grygiel, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2026
Neoliberalism wants atomization, managing our own human capital.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
But his real breakthrough went beyond atomization.
—Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
The problem is the infernal force of atomization that is running all over us.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Such atomization is a metastasizing problem.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
The atomization of society begins with your morning coffee.
—Jakub Grygiel, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2026
Neoliberalism wants atomization, managing our own human capital.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
But his real breakthrough went beyond atomization.
—Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
The problem is the infernal force of atomization that is running all over us.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Such atomization is a metastasizing problem.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atomization
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Created by Artists and VEO The conversation was notably different from the usual polarization surrounding artificial intelligence.—
C.M. Rubin,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Vucic, government officials and the pro-government media have branded critics as foreign agents who wish to destroy the country — rhetoric that has ramped up political polarization.—
Jovana Gec,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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The result is not unity, but dispersion.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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The investor noted that dispersion in semiconductor stocks should force some mean reversion.—
Liz Napolitano,Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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The octopus had been preserved in formaldehyde, which halts decomposition.—
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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Depending on soil temperature and moisture, the number of microorganisms in the soil, and the carbon content of the wastes, decomposition will occur in one month to one year to feed plant root systems.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
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The Microsoft diffusion report measures behavior, not sentiment—but the two datasets, read together, suggest adoption and attitude appear to be moving in the same direction, along the same political geography.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
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The contraction also extends to its Asian diffusion line, G Givenchy, which previously maintained a notable presence in second- and third-tier cities.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
25 May 2026
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Skyline Meadows The Planning Board agreed Tuesday night to continue a public hearing at a later date regarding a Charlotte developer’s request to rezone 15 acres in fast-growing southeast Mooresville for a 38-home subdivision.—
Joe Marusak
May 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 May 2026
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Backyards had been slowly disappearing ever since the adjacent subdivision’s construction in the mid-1950s.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2026
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For Deya Xu, associate professor of media studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai, Givenchy’s breakfast controversy reflects larger issues facing luxury brands in China today, namely diluted brand equity and consumption segmentation.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
25 May 2026
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This is nothing new marketers have known about segmentation for over a decade.—
TerDawn DeBoe,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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About 100 police officers were called to King of Prussia Mall early on Saturday morning for crowd control and dispersal connected to a watch release.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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Ben Johns, the most expensive player in the original dispersal draft at an initial $840k acquisition figure (and thus a $420k renewal figure) was traded from Carolina to the LA Mad Drops and instantly rocketed that roster well over the original $1M limit.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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To better understand what happens under these extreme conditions, researchers use X-ray scattering.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
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The week will feature 16 runway shows, 44 presentations, as well as a scattering of appointments and events taking place across the city.—
Maliha Shoaib,
Vogue,
14 May 2026
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“Atomization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atomization. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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