balkanized

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for balkanized
Adjective
  • Good News Despite all the dire messaging from social media and other outlets about how divided Democrats and Republicans are on civic education, there is less division than meets the eye.
    Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • But recent revelations say the divided response to the last album cycle read too much into the bubbly early-aughts nostalgia on its aesthetic surface, not recognizing Solar’s pursuit of joy, smallness, and sated inaccessibility as coping strategies.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Combs and his legal team reportedly reacted positively in the courtroom, appearing to take the split verdict as a win.
    Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • And the possibility of a split verdict here, at the least, is very real.
    Tracy Wright , Lauryn Overhultz , Maria Paronich , Brendan McDonald, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
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“Balkanized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balkanized. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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