dichotomization

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Noun
  • The mass audience is now fragmented, there is more polarization of content, and the line between news and entertainment has blurred.
    Kirstin Pellizzaro, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Yet, as throngs of people strolled the three-block downtown on a recent April weekend, past American flag streamers, patriotic bunting and red brick colonial buildings, there was scant visible evidence of that polarization.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Market segmentation, especially demographic segmentation based on age, loci, socioeconomic status index, and household life cycle, also became frequent in market analysis.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Viva’s owner, Grupo IAMSA, also operates a giant bus network and was fined in an antitrust investigation for monopolistic practices related to price manipulation and route segmentation in 2022.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Use in hydrogen transportation The five-metal nanocrystals have proven effective in accelerating ammonia decomposition, a process vital for the hydrogen energy economy.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
  • Eckenrode, a retired FBI forensic scientist and expert in human decomposition, joined them in 2021.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Non-state actors and drone warfare The diffusion of UAV technology has enabled non-state actors to participate in air warfare in unprecedented ways.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • In disaster response, there is no room for diffusion of responsibility.
    Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • The pursuit happened Tuesday and began in Rocky Mount’s Meadowbrook subdivision, the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office said in a May 7 news release.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
  • The council’s hearing about Silverleaf, a large and expensive mixed-use subdivision proposed south of Karcher Road near Gem State Adventist Academy, lasted more than two hours Monday evening.
    Noah Daly May 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • This proprietary approach overcomes challenges of surface treatment and dispersion associated with the material.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Goldman notes that the three-month realized pairwise correlation among the major AI hyperscalers—Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle—has fallen sharply, with rising dispersion among the dominant names.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Chinamaxxing romanticizes things that feel structurally out of reach at home — compact, affordable-looking apartments; public transit that works; streets safe to walk at night; multigenerational households as an antidote to loneliness; communal meals as an antidote to atomization.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The atomization of society begins with your morning coffee.
    Jakub Grygiel, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Dichotomization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dichotomization. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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