fractionate

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Recent Examples of fractionate Interlune’s system cools the gas down to near absolute zero, using cryogenic distillation to fractionate the two isotopes. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026 The researchers used a single high radiation dose, whereas human treatments are usually fractionated – that is, given in smaller doses over time. New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2025 Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture). 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractionate
Verb
  • The moves toughen the environment in Brazil for giants like Google, Meta and TikTok, who have long tried to dissociate themselves with crimes online committed by users.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 May 2026
  • This tadpole-like object is a clump of denser nebulosity that hasn't been completely photo-dissociated by the Trifid's radiation field yet.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The developers plan to subdivide the land into 25 lots for 20 market rate homes and five homes to be reserved as affordable for lower-income residents.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
  • The land is around 28 acres and would be subdivided into four separate lots for the rentals with 248 multi-family units across 11 buildings.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Was the discursive thread accidental, or emblematic of the two poles the AI industry is now bifurcated between?
    Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • London said the rental market is bifurcated, with older apartment complexes generally fuller than newer ones.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
Verb
  • Zahavy dissected the process that went into Albert Einstein’s formulation of his General Relativity Theory, noting that the scientist’s thinking evolved through three phases – deduction, induction, and finally, abduction.
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • This German production, predominantly shot in Ukraine, carefully dissects how a gender transition and Russia’s invasion converge on the love between Olya (Tania Myronyshena) and Oleh (Markus Bright).
    Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Taking a break from slinging hamburgers during the weekend lunch rush, Darlene Dumond acknowledged that Allagash remains divided on Jackson.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • No distributions were ever made by the Children's Trust to any of its beneficiaries, and the beneficial shares of that trust were not divided into separate shares for each of the beneficiaries as was also required by the 2020 amendment.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As Ford Field Park is being set up with fun rides, Dearborn residents are split over the new curfew rule.
    Heath Kalb, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Now the county is split among three districts that extend outward like spokes into rural areas.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The results will help segment POTS patients into more granular cohorts based on the source of their symptoms, rather than lumping them all together as Simo says the medical industry often does today.
    Emily Forlini, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
  • But traditional toys also showed strength, with the consumer products segment up 5%.
    Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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“Fractionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionate. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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