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
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For example, May 2025 has seen bitcoin achieve fresh all-time-highs even in the face of economic data suggesting the U.S. economy is slowing, continued volatility around tariff and trade headlines, and a political environment that continues to be bifurcated along party lines.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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And most crucially, perhaps, was my nose: bare, no longer horizontally bifurcated by a ridge of black acetate.—
Alice Gregory,
Vogue,
4 June 2025
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Record-Low Absorption Rates Absorption rates in Florida's six bearish markets—calculated as monthly sales divided by available inventory and indicating the percentage of inventory purchased monthly—are at local lows, according to Parcl Labs, and well below the three-year average.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Using a bench scraper, divide dough into 6 equal portions.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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Her every move and fashion choice was dissected ad nauseum.—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
19 June 2025
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However, some families may need to further dissect some of the more complex themes with kids afterwards.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
17 June 2025
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The home’s basement appeared to have been subdivided into single rooms separately rented out by individual tenants.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
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The property, located on the north side of Route 20 and west of Hilliard Drive, was subdivided into 15 lots in 1988 but was never developed, Latinovic said.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Classrooms are often segmented into teams or cohorts, each assigned labels to reinforce group identity and belonging (for example, red and blue teams).—
Dr. Rami Kaminski,
Time,
18 June 2025
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From segmenting your audiences to optimizing ad bids, agentic AI can complete a wide range of tasks at scale.—
Chris O'Neill,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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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
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The parents tried to compromise, suggesting the in-laws split their visit between the two families.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Boomers’ children aren’t getting hitched as easily, and those who do are less likely to split up.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2025
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The military parade is slated for Saturday, June 14, in the heart of Washington, D.C., spanning six blocks and bisecting the National Mall.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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The event honoring the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, which also falls on Trump’s 79th birthday, is scheduled to hit its stride at 6:30 p.m. when tanks, soldiers and military equipment travel the six blocks bisecting the National Mall.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
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“Dichotomize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dichotomize. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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