dichotomizing

present participle of dichotomize

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Verb
  • In Topawa, guests visit the Tohono O’odham Cultural Center to learn how the desert’s original stewards have flourished for millennia despite the modern line dividing their ancestral lands.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Today’s wealthy are increasingly dividing their fortunes between multiple advisors based on their specialties, rather than relying on one or two trusted firms.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • At the same time, the enterprise AI market is bifurcating.
    Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Levanon’s reading of the labor data is that the economy is bifurcating in a specific and underreported way.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • The seemingly throwaway reference is actually the result of years spent dissecting Dion's every move with the dedication of a method actor preparing to portray a historical figure.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • Not just beat reporters, mind you, but fan sites, Substacks, podcasts and YouTube channels, all of which spend eight months dissecting every name at every position — a media climate befitting modern college football.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Storm forecasts on the horizon Hundreds or even thousands of shooting stars may be seen burning through Earth's skies each hour during one of these intense meteor storm events, though the distance separating micrometeoroids in space would still likely be measured on the order of miles.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 June 2026
  • Every month, the site drops new fashion finds, but for the untrained eye, separating the newness from the nostalgia is no small feat.
    Annie Blackman, InStyle, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • The four-time NBA champion had partnered with Under Armour for 13 years before splitting in November last year.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
  • Another common mistake is splitting up speaking time based on role.
    Chiara Alzati, Forbes.com, 1 June 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
  • If the shortage lasts too long, protective systems begin disconnecting parts of the grid to stop a wider collapse.
    Sufan Jiang, Fortune, 30 May 2026
  • Activities and Entertainment Having a backyard campout is the perfect excuse for disconnecting from the digital world and spending uninterrupted time with friends and family.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Engineers are shipping code faster, customer service teams are resolving tickets in half the time, and operations teams are automating workflows that used to require approval from three departments.
    Adrienne Down Coulson, Fortune, 2 June 2026
  • These include small but powerful things, like making coffee, cleaning up messes, handling obscure admin tasks, managing owners and external reporting, managing cash flow, improving legal contracts, resolving legal conflicts—and staying positive amid times of extreme crisis.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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“Dichotomizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dichotomizing. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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