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fractionalized

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verb

past tense of fractionalize
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractionalized
Verb
  • Managers of various water agencies still need to negotiate the specifics of how the water cuts will be divided between cities and farming areas.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
  • The 268 guest rooms are divided into a few categories, including Parkview, Deluxe, and King Spa (which have a vintage soaking tub), and various levels of suites.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026
Adjective
  • His work deepened and developed under the responsiveness of the academy and a larger and not-yet-balkanized reading public.
    Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Angry, balkanized, hostile communities with shattered trust in American institutions — from courts to free elections — undermine the social capital needed for free enterprise to prosper.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Now we’re bifurcated, with roughly a third of our households not meeting self-sufficiency standards, and more than a third achieving wealth that was unimaginable a generation ago.
    Russell Hancock, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Iran has effectively bifurcated the strait between its traditional Navy and the more aggressive Revolutionary Guard.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Six years of countersuits, appeals and legal wrangling followed, with suggestions that the only way to resolve the matter might be to split up the property, Texas Monthly reported.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
  • District lines fracture communities that share common needs and concerns — splitting two more counties and 14 more cities than our current map.
    Jon Harris Maurer, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Verb
  • Trunks were cleaved down the center.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The two rows of buildings are cleaved down the middle by a pathway leading visitors toward the temple.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The friendship betrayal/love triangle of Ciara Miller, West Wilson, and Amanda Batula is still being dissected through thousands of TikTok and Instagram comments.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But Chloe Forero, a 23-year-old influencer who lives in Chicago, says the impact is that Gen Zers are afraid to exist online without being dissected for content.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Lubner said that as the industry contracted, many airlines pulled out of smaller, less profitable airports, leaving those communities disconnected.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The Arsenal manager invoked a bed of roses and the accompaniment of celestial music and formed an expression to suggest anyone expecting that was evidently disconnected from the reality of a Premier League title race.
    Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Fine jewelry has been separated from the trashy costume stuff.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The first six cars of the train were separated from the rest and continued on to Penn.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Fractionalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionalized. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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