dichotomizing

Definition of dichotomizingnext
present participle of dichotomize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dichotomizing
Verb
  • The subsequent deterioration in embryos that had been in microgravity for up to 24 hours was likely due to negative effects the absence of gravity has on the processes taking place in the quickly dividing embryonic cells.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Republicans are pushing to expel her from Congress, potentially dividing Democrats ahead of November midterm elections.
    Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • 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.
    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
Verb
  • That said, most of the reaction to the new footage released this week has been very positive and the trailer has so far racked up more than 130 million views across all social media platforms, with fans dissecting every tiny element.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
  • EntertainmentPulse dedicated a full session to the format, with speakers from Chinese companies including DataEye, Mansen Culture Media and Xiaowu Brothers dissecting both the production economics and the business models driving expansion.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • One thing to keep in mind is that the bathrooms are open-concept, flowing into the bedroom and living area with no door separating the sink/vanity.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
  • And the optimization discipline to match it —Agentic Web Optimization — is already separating winners from the rest.
    Aviv Shamny, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The map slices through Kansas City, splitting the city’s voters across three Republican-leaning districts.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
  • After splitting the first pair of contests, Toronto clinched the regular-season series 2-1 over Orlando.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • For the quintessential Glacier National Park visit, take the Going-to-the-Sun Road for 50 miles of stunning vistas, bisecting the east and west sides of the park.
    Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Valley Fair, located on Stevens Creek Boulevard, sits both in San Jose and Santa Clara, with the city border bisecting the property.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The emails ask the user to take some kind of action, such as disconnecting or locking their vault.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
  • House Bill 1002 offers multiple solutions, including automatically placing residential ratepayers on budget billing and prohibiting utilities from disconnecting low-income customers’ services during periods with extreme heat warnings.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This technique allows researchers to capture processes occurring at incredibly fast timescales—on the order of femtoseconds (one quadrillionth of a second)—while also resolving features at the nanometer scale.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But Congress appears no closer to resolving the dispute over funding the Department of Homeland Security, which has stretched on for six weeks.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Dichotomizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dichotomizing. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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