FRACTIONALIZES Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

fractionalizes

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present tense third-person singular of fractionalize

as in dichotomizes

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When the ice breaks up in spring, the water in a lake begins what is commonly called a turnover.

— Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
So, for instance, in a situation where somebody is no longer with us or somebody leaves a band or a band breaks up.

— Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Definition of breaks up

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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

Definition of bifurcates

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In the dark comedy Maddie’s Secret, Early dissects the odd eroticism of online food content.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026
The three-part docuseries, directed by Nick Green and told by key players inside the courtroom, dissects the trial of Michael Jackson and his complex legacy.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 May 2026

Definition of dissects

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Jacqueline Rothstein, 35, splits time between a New York City suburb on Long Island and the city’s heavily Jewish borough of Brooklyn.

— David Crary, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
From January to July, four significant departures — or group splits — have reshaped some of the industry’s most prominent acts, most recent of which is NCT and WayV’s WinWin.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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Emergency services were sifting through the rubble of what used to be a nine-story building on the left bank of the Dnipro River that bisects the city as the sun rose and fires flared up around it.

— Gleb Garanich, USA Today, 2 July 2026
The dog is ahead and has stopped by the tree that bisects the diagonal; the girl with the bright red coat who seems to be paused behind him.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Definition of bisects

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Why Most Leaders Are Solving The Wrong Problem When performance breaks down—when a strategy conversation goes sideways, when a key decision gets rushed, when a team starts operating on edge—the default explanations tend to be external.

— Joy Nissen, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Sign up for our free The Daily Money newsletter, which breaks down complex consumer and financial news.

— Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of breaks down

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When the cell divides, one daughter cell might then inherit slightly more of the signaling molecule than the other.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 13 July 2026
As that cell divides, embryonic stem cells give rise to the trillions of specialized cells that form the body’s organs and tissues.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

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