as in dividing
formal
to undergo division into two parts
The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels.
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Recent Examples of bifurcating
This also happens at a moment where the venture capital goalposts are moving—the industry is bifurcating into asset managers and smaller shops, while politics is becoming an increasingly complicated flashpoint.
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Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
The lens surface gradually transitions in prescription strength, with no lines bifurcating your vision.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
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
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The singer's annual holiday clip is dividing fans this year.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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Similar efforts have emerged in Missouri, where the state legislature passed a new map dividing Kansas City among three congressional districts.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Experts are especially alarmed that the CDC is investigating splitting up the MMR vaccine, which protects kids against measles, mumps and rubella in one shot.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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The singer went on to date actor Chase Stokes for three years before splitting this past September.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Yet, asked specifically about the fine hairs separating the top three undefeated teams in this first ranking, Mack Rhoades, the committee chair and athletic director at Baylor, sounded like a man torn between numbers and gut feelings.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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To overcome the challenge, the scientists used state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to sift through massive amounts of data, separating the elusive tWZ signal from background noise.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Bifurcating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bifurcating. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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