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Recent Examples of fractionate
Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture).
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WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
The initial wave fractionated into smaller 25-foot waves, which reverberated across the fjord for over a week.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
In this relational void, where the story often feels fractionated rather than woven, the wildfire itself emerges as the book's main character.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
Native uses wholesome ingredients like shea butter, tapioca starch, and fractionated coconut oil (which is less messy and absorbs more easily into your skin than regular coconut oil).
—Leeron Horry, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2019
Buzz: With the help of Botox and fractionated lasers, doctors can erase lines and wrinkles on the chest and even sharpen the appearance of cleavage.
—Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Dec. 2018
WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
The initial wave fractionated into smaller 25-foot waves, which reverberated across the fjord for over a week.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
In this relational void, where the story often feels fractionated rather than woven, the wildfire itself emerges as the book's main character.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
Native uses wholesome ingredients like shea butter, tapioca starch, and fractionated coconut oil (which is less messy and absorbs more easily into your skin than regular coconut oil).
—Leeron Horry, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2019
Buzz: With the help of Botox and fractionated lasers, doctors can erase lines and wrinkles on the chest and even sharpen the appearance of cleavage.
—Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractionate
Verb
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The case involved a New York official who allegedly threatened enforcement actions against regulated entities that refused to dissociate from the pro-gun advocacy group.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
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These operating agreements provided that if a member of the LLCs filed or was forced into bankruptcy, then the bankrupt member would be immediately dissociated from the LLC and no longer will receive distributions.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The fields near where her grandfather grew up are now subdivided into small plots full of houses.—
Janet W. Lee,
NPR,
24 Sep. 2025
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Its 26 blocks are further subdivided into 80 separate parcels, offering Wineburg a wide range of options each year to blend Quintessa to perfection.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Especially given the value of sports rights, some programmers could also bifurcate their rights.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Since the political rise of Trump in 2016, social media largely bifurcated into two distinct camps on either side of the MAGA divide.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Burt dissects every era and ties the albums to work by literary greats.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Tua Tagovailoa’s costly turnovers, issues on the offensive and defensive lines, the lack of turnovers, and pressure placed on quarterbacks and everything else that’s wrong with the team general manager Chris Grier built, and Mike McDaniel coaches has been dissected to death.—
Omar Kelly
October 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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See how commonwealth compares to other states The classic Halloween symbol is also great at dividing the masses.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Taiwan’s tender architecture is divided into two parts for 2026 and 2027.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The 18 qualified teams were split into pots of three, according to their UEFA coefficient, and were drawn against two teams from each pot, with three matches away and three at home.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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So, all those nine teams splitting the first two on the road won the series … right?—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lyle: What was really important for us with Lottie is that there’s a tendency to want to dichotomize characters in television and film into protagonists and antagonists, or heroes and villains.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2023
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Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize.—
Gary Gilson,
Star Tribune,
10 Oct. 2020
Verb
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The trend toward fractional trading also comes at a time when stock splits—when companies with high share prices fractionalize shares to more affordable levels—have fallen out of favor (Apple is one outlier, having split its stock several times).—
Lucinda Shen,
Fortune,
2 June 2020
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“Fractionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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