as in to bifurcate
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Recent Examples of dichotomize
Lyle: What was really important for us with Lottie is that there’s a tendency to want to dichotomize characters in television and film into protagonists and antagonists, or heroes and villains.
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Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize.
—Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize.
—Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dichotomize
Verb
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Especially given the value of sports rights, some programmers could also bifurcate their rights.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Since the political rise of Trump in 2016, social media largely bifurcated into two distinct camps on either side of the MAGA divide.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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See how commonwealth compares to other states The classic Halloween symbol is also great at dividing the masses.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Taiwan’s tender architecture is divided into two parts for 2026 and 2027.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Burt dissects every era and ties the albums to work by literary greats.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Tua Tagovailoa’s costly turnovers, issues on the offensive and defensive lines, the lack of turnovers, and pressure placed on quarterbacks and everything else that’s wrong with the team general manager Chris Grier built, and Mike McDaniel coaches has been dissected to death.—
Omar Kelly
October 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The fields near where her grandfather grew up are now subdivided into small plots full of houses.—
Janet W. Lee,
NPR,
24 Sep. 2025
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Its 26 blocks are further subdivided into 80 separate parcels, offering Wineburg a wide range of options each year to blend Quintessa to perfection.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The base can be flipped over and the underside is segmented to carry cupcakes more securely or use as a serving dish.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Appreciate the plurality of their needs and segment them into the top three priorities.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture).—
WWD,
WWD,
16 Oct. 2024
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The initial wave fractionated into smaller 25-foot waves, which reverberated across the fjord for over a week.—
Carly Miller,
Forbes,
23 Sep. 2024
Verb
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The 18 qualified teams were split into pots of three, according to their UEFA coefficient, and were drawn against two teams from each pot, with three matches away and three at home.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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So, all those nine teams splitting the first two on the road won the series … right?—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If built, these homes would bisect the West Bank and cut off Jerusalem from a future state of Palestine.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
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On August 20, Israel approved the construction of the controversial E1 settlement that effectively bisects the West Bank; Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich explicitly framed the move as a response to calls for Palestinian statehood.—
SHIRA EFRON,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Dichotomize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dichotomize. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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