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fractionalized

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verb

past tense of fractionalize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractionalized
Verb
  • Today, Ethiopia — Africa’s second most populous nation with over 135 million people — stands deeply divided, facing violent ethnic conflicts, restrictions on free speech and crackdowns on dissent.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
  • At the broadest level, it is divided into the three independent interconnections.
    Sufan Jiang, Fortune, 30 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
  • In this scenario, a member's economic interest and other interests (voting rights and the like) would be carefully bifurcated, with the economic interest being transferrable and the other interests being non-transferrable.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • However, beneath the surface, Cramer said the market has become increasingly bifurcated, with investors piling into a narrow group of artificial intelligence winners while severely punishing companies that disappoint or simply fail to impress.
    Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Those who paid taxes in 2023 reflecting higher than a 15% increase will be issued credits split over their property tax bills throughout the next three years.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026
  • Graphite One says production will be split between materials optimized for energy storage systems, fast-charging applications, and high-energy-density batteries.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Trunks were cleaved down the center.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Despite the obvious harmony, their friendship was endlessly dissected online.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 27 May 2026
  • Since its debut on May 15, both true crime obsessives and curious onlookers have dissected the doc, which revisits the devastating case and its aftermath.
    Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • A lot of older people at studios are making greenlighting decisions, and they are disconnected from the audience.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • Once those systems are disconnected, even power that arrives later may no longer reach the areas where it is needed most.
    Sufan Jiang, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • They were separated at the time of the crash.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • Months later, in January 2025, a girl, age 14 at the time, was assaulted after becoming separated from her friends, the CPS said.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 June 2026
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“Fractionalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionalized. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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