balkanized

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Adjective
  • Jewish voters are more divided, with Cuomo leading at 26 percent, followed by Lander (17 percent), Mamdani (14 percent) and Adams (10 percent).
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • The responses were more divided in Denmark — with 39% opposed and 36% in favor — and in Spain, with 45% opposed and 37% in favor.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • A lot more than split factions in a teachers union is riding on this election.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
  • Of the 1,500 people in Louisiana prisons from split jury convictions at that time, about 80% were Black and most were serving life sentences, according to a Project of Justice Initiative analysis.
    Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
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“Balkanized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balkanized. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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