bifurcates

present tense third-person singular of bifurcate

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Recent Examples of bifurcates While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments. Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025 For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos. San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bifurcates
Verb
  • What unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us.
    Marc Andersen, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • What divides them is the type of finance work being transformed.
    Aswin Saravanan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • The research angle is what separates lasting habits from short-term aesthetics.
    Allison Palmer July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
  • The approach also introduces a computer architecture inspired by today’s digital computers that separates processing and memory.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Jacqueline Rothstein, 35, splits time between a New York City suburb on Long Island and the city’s heavily Jewish borough of Brooklyn.
    David Crary, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • From January to July, four significant departures — or group splits — have reshaped some of the industry’s most prominent acts, most recent of which is NCT and WayV’s WinWin.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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“Bifurcates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bifurcates. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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