fractionalizes

Definition of fractionalizesnext
present tense third-person singular of fractionalize
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Verb
  • The new map breaks up the state’s current 9th Congressional District, which is primarily made up of Memphis, and the state’s only majority-Black district.
    Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 7 May 2026
  • Sometimes your boyfriend breaks up with you to be with an older divorced mom and that's a good thing.
    Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
  • For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos.
    San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021
Verb
  • Bill of the Month is a crowdsourced investigation by KFF Health News and The Washington Post’s Well+Being that dissects and explains medical bills.
    Andrew Jones, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Dolan dissects his estrangement from his mother after forty years of attempts at peace, and weaves in research and reportage about child abuse and trauma.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • There’s a whole-house generator, central AC/heat, and mini-splits to keep things feeling comfortable no matter the weather.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 17 May 2026
  • Once it’s discovered that there’s a contingent of hostile infiltrators and not just one, the action splits between the cops in town and Sung-ki and his buddies in the mountainside forest, where Na steers the story deeper into classic sci-fi territory.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • Hobart City attorney Heather McCarthy said the petitioners will need to provide the city with an approval letter from NIPSCO since a NIPSCO line that bisects the property is owned by that utility.
    Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • The Israeli military has blown up several bridges over the river – which bisects Lebanon – over the past days, as part of a broader assault in the south.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Brisket is a tough, richly marbled cut that only turns tender after hours of low-and-slow cooking, when connective tissue breaks down and fat renders into the meat.
    Paula Disbrowe, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 May 2026
  • Sign up for our free The Daily Money newsletter, which breaks down complex consumer and financial news.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • The Vistula River, which runs alongside Warsaw, also sort of divides it in half.
    Bridget Knowles, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026
  • The existing gate format divides the current terminal into two concourses, A and C, with gates designated by their concourse letter and gate number ― for example, Gate A2.
    Kate Kealey, Des Moines Register, 12 May 2026
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“Fractionalizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionalizes. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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