FRACTIONALIZED Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in fractionated

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verb

past tense of fractionalize

as in divided

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Adjective

Unlike any other roadside stop in the United States, the over-the-highway pit-stop allowed weary travelers to do all these things and watch the divided highway below.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Prosecutors also filed two additional misdemeanor counts of reckless driving and operating a motorcycle without a valid license, along with four infractions that include driving the wrong way on a divided roadway.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of divided

Verb

The market has also bifurcated, favoring experienced sponsors.

— Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
However, the longer-term consequences could be more profound and bifurcated, a Reuters columnist argued, with governments increasing their support for electrification and renewables, as well as ramping up purchases of coal to reduce reliance on Middle East transit routes.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 17 June 2026

Definition of bifurcated

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

Definition of balkanized

Verb

In August, the five-person court split along party lines to meet once a month instead of twice a month.

— Rachel Royster July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
In the future, should both formats reach 20 submissions in the same year, the Television Academy will automatically split the categories into two again.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Definition of split

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In 1865, more than eight decades after Elizabeth Freeman defeated slavery in Massachusetts, the practice was finally abolished throughout the United States, though only after a civil war that cleaved the young nation and cost more than 600,000 lives.

— New York Times, New York Times, 22 June 2026
For years, Seattle’s waterfront was isolated and written off as a tourist trap thanks to a double-decker highway that cleaved it from the rest of the city.

— Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026

Definition of cleaved

Verb

In an interview with Rolling Stone last month, Lefty said that even her appearance, specifically her smile, is being dissected.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2026
From the frantic frenzy surrounding royal nuptials to the way the internet dissected every possible clue from Zendaya and Tom Holland before they were revealed to have officially tied the knot, weddings like these are a cultural event.

— Amanda Le, InStyle, 3 July 2026

Definition of dissected

Verb

Violators get warning letters before fines are given, and ultimately, water may be disconnected.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026
If your pet already has a microchip, make sure the information is up to date; sometimes, even pets with microchips can’t be identified because the phone number associated with them has been disconnected.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Definition of disconnected

Verb

Some of the first reports indicated that Adebayo threw a punch at Herro’s head before the two were separated, but some league sources have indicated that initial portrayals of the fight were overblown.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
The couple married in Hanoi and lived together for nine years before she and Shimizu were separated.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

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