as in to subdivide
formal
to undergo division into two parts
The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels.
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Recent Examples of bifurcate
Once again the stock tape was heavily bifurcated with distinct groups leading and lagging.
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Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum,paulina Likos, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
From there on out, the story is bifurcated between characters continuing to condescend to Maya (including the smarmy, opportunistic policemen charged with finding Sundar), and Debu wandering aimlessly through his life and education.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
No one embodies the idea better this season than Helly, bifurcated into her ferociously brave workplace self and her repellently uncaring outie, even as the two occasionally share the same impulses.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
The large headlamp clusters are now horizontally bifurcated by a body color strip creating two slimmer clusters with LED lamps now standard on the 2500 model.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum,paulina Likos, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
From there on out, the story is bifurcated between characters continuing to condescend to Maya (including the smarmy, opportunistic policemen charged with finding Sundar), and Debu wandering aimlessly through his life and education.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
No one embodies the idea better this season than Helly, bifurcated into her ferociously brave workplace self and her repellently uncaring outie, even as the two occasionally share the same impulses.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
The large headlamp clusters are now horizontally bifurcated by a body color strip creating two slimmer clusters with LED lamps now standard on the 2500 model.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bifurcate
Verb
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The Fourth District consisted of Arkansas and Mississippi, and it was further subdivided into departments.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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These disorders are subdivided into courtship disorders, which resemble distorted components of human courtship behavior (voyeuristic disorder, exhibitionistic disorder, and frotteuristic disorder), and algolagnic disorders, which involve pain and suffering.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The song was released in 1973, only a few years after The Beatles split, highlighting how quickly the two reconnected.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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After a tumultuous on-and-off-again relationship, Tran and Brown officially split in late 2014.—
Alex Heigl,
People.com,
16 May 2025
Verb
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On our trip to Greenville, Victor stopped at a road that divides two burial grounds in town.—
Erika Hayasaki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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What's Next Breastfeeding often divides public opinion, and will likely spark similar debates online in the future.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Cosmos 482 separated into four pieces, two of which remained in Earth's low orbit and decayed within 48 hours, and the other two pieces went into a higher orbit.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Let the chicken cool completely before storing it in the fridge, and separate the meat from the bones for easier reheating.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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In the same report, Vizient highlights that a midwestern health system segmented their patients into three groups: loyal, splitter and uncommitted.—
Corey Scurlock,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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The Erie Canal and New York State’s other canals are segmented and managed by a series of locks, lift bridges, guard gates and movable dams that control water flow and vessel traffic.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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“Bifurcate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bifurcate. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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