dichotomizing

present participle of dichotomize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dichotomizing
Verb
  • The singer's annual holiday clip is dividing fans this year.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Similar efforts have emerged in Missouri, where the state legislature passed a new map dividing Kansas City among three congressional districts.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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
  • The technique starts with a minuscule sample of tissue; for example, in the makeshift lab at the hotel in Malles Venosta, researchers dissecting moths for sequencing also removed, for DNA barcoding, a leg of each moth whose species was not conclusively known.
    Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The Miami Herald spent more than two years dissecting the 2022 boat crash that killed 17-year-old Luciana ‘Lucy’ Fernandez and critically injured Katerina ‘Katy’ Puig.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Great Again slogan appears just below the line separating overt and covert white supremacy.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Additionally, parchment is often used for storage purposes, separating layers of baked goods like cookies or brownies to prevent them from sticking together.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Experts are especially alarmed that the CDC is investigating splitting up the MMR vaccine, which protects kids against measles, mumps and rubella in one shot.
    NPR, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The singer went on to date actor Chase Stokes for three years before splitting this past September.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps the most intriguing thing shown here are the tracks bisecting Park Street.
    Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
  • On May 6, the sun began shining on the south side and the rings reappeared, albeit as nothing more than a thin bright line bisecting Saturn's disk.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Momentôm Refuges Nature offers a full immersion in the forest—quiet, intimate, and perfect for disconnecting after a day on the slopes.
    Outside, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In light of the delays, the NEADA is calling on utilities to suspend the practice of disconnecting service for households who don’t pay their bills until federal LIHEAP funds are released.
    Simmone Shah, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Several reports suggested that the queen helped fund the settlement in hopes of resolving the matter quickly and quietly.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Over time, exceptions became the norm, and courts were tasked with resolving the gray areas.
    Bedassa Tadesse, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Dichotomizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dichotomizing. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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