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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
  • Despite their size, canister vacuums provide better weight distribution and are easier on your body because the weight is divided into two parts.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2026
  • My mom was very upset that the inheritance was not divided up equally and asked me several times why my portion would be so much larger.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • Downriver from the Shoshone Falls are the Pillar Falls, a low waterfall split by rock pillars.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Wood’s colleague and head winemaker Kurtis Ogasawara tells Robb Report this wine requires a couple of tweaks in the vineyard and winery that begin with walking the block prior to harvest and splitting it up into smaller sections based on flavor development.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • But there’s one factor helping them on Iran policy right now, two decades after Iraq cleaved the Democratic Party in two.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Among the issues dissected are the price hikes, advertising momentum, the ongoing debate about Netflix’s engagement trends, and, yes, the World Baseball Classic.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Historians have dissected the poem since 1860 and compared it to Revere’s account of the ride in his own words and other historic evidence.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Once the heating process is complete, the pressure vessel is disconnected from the Mothership.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Investigators confirmed Unruh had filed for divorce in August 2025 and had separated from Orlando.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The footprint takes up Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh and part of the North Shore, with the two sites separated by a river.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Fractionalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionalized. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.

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