as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined separated the bipartite rock

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Recent Examples of bipartite The procedure was on his bipartite patella, or a two-part kneecap that didn’t fuse together at birth. Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024 Specifically, your growing child might encounter a condition called bipartite patella. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 July 2024 What the Jewish People needed, Isaac thought, was bipartite leadership. Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021 In the last week, the team has shut down sluggers Shohei Ohtani (surgery to address bipartite patella in his left knee), Justin Upton (patellar tendinitis in his right knee) and Mike Trout (Morton’s neuroma in his right foot). Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
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  • Best Fourth of July BHG x Walmart Outdoor Furniture Deals Better Homes & Gardens Set of 2 River Oaks Outdoor Swivel Gliders These dual swivel gliders will pair perfectly with a morning cup of coffee or an evening cocktail.
    Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2025
  • Hiestand currently serves on the board of the St. Hope Endowment and previously held dual roles as school founder Kevin Johnson’s personal lawyer and the school’s Title IX officer.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
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  • The team found that binary coding could store messages 10 times longer than Morse code.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
  • Boards are now forced into a binary decision: double down—pay up for ex-banker talent, spin up second-line compliance, turn ISO 20022 into a religion—or retreat to pure subscription margins and hope the competition does the same.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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  • Austin Metcalf was stabbed in the heart and died in the arms of his twin brother, his father, Jeff Metcalf, previously told the Star-Telegram.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2025
  • The line is rooted in outerwear, which includes wrap coats in twin layers of double-faced wool; reversible jackets with one side plain, the other patterned; and crinkled unisex trenchcoats that pack up neatly into a travel pouch, printed with a bicycle pattern drawn from Veldkamp’s art.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 10 July 2025

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“Bipartite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bipartite. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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