bifurcating

present participle of bifurcate

Example Sentences

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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
  • Yet, even presuming that the government could beat back Native powers, intelligently dividing that unseen area into plots would require understanding its geography, soil, and waterways.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • But for now the war rages on, dividing some communities in Ukraine through Russian propaganda videos.
    — Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Now the focus shifts to at least splitting Games 1 and 2 at State Farm Arena.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In 2007, the group adopted a holding-company structure, splitting SK Corporation into SK Holdings, which held stakes in group affiliates, and SK Energy, which took over its energy and chemicals businesses.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Life opened like a zipper, separating them painfully at first, notch by notch, then faster, wider, until the garment lay split in two.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The new factory trades Farley said the line separating skilled trades from engineering is increasingly hard to see inside newer auto plants.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

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

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