bifurcating

present participle of bifurcate

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Recent Examples of bifurcating At the same time, the enterprise AI market is bifurcating. Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Levanon’s reading of the labor data is that the economy is bifurcating in a specific and underreported way. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026 Defendants misleading sales and advertising practices, along with bifurcating sales and marketing against the operation of the rental Program and debt enforcement, allowed Defendants to offload their supply of aging and stagnant inventory at an unlawful premium. Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026 The lens surface gradually transitions in prescription strength, with no lines bifurcating your vision. Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bifurcating
Verb
  • With popularity dating back to the 1950s, open-concept layouts are floor plans that intentionally don’t have any dividing walls between rooms to create one large space.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The case has become a national cultural fixation and a social media spectacle, gripping and dividing spectators well beyond the Massachusetts courtroom where the 36-year-old mother is charged with killing her three young children.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Here's why the attorney general race is splitting longtime Republicans known for their legal authority in the state.
    Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Cook in 20-second increments to prevent the kernels from splitting open.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Health inspectors provided education on separating meats and preventing cross contamination.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • With the performances in the team’s exhibition slate being close and neither separating themselves in training camp, the tie went to how Howell performed off the field.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Bifurcating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bifurcating. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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