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fractionated

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verb

past tense of fractionate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractionated
Adjective
  • His attention is very much divided.
    John Ruwitch, NPR, 11 June 2026
  • It won’t be known until November whether the next governor will be working with a divided Legislature, but several of Klobuchar’s proposals thus far have pulled ideas from existing bipartisan efforts at the Legislature.
    Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 9 June 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
Adjective
  • The album features 13 songs on a split tracklist, styled after a vinyl or cassette tape, that paints a chronological narrative about the dismantling of a romantic relationship.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
  • The split-chamber reactor The machine is known as a bias-free photoelectrochemical (PEC) reactor.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • The surgeons carefully dissected the area and extracted all larvae.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
  • Some of these couples were tabloid fixtures, their breakups dissected like national news.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • The Grossmans were separated at the time of the fatal crash.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • McComb and Van Der Beek separated in 2009 and finalized their divorce in 2010.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 10 June 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
  • 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
  • Out the bottom, hypoaroused, includes being disengaged, numb, frozen, apathetic or even dissociated.
    Dr. Joel M. Rothaizer, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Eldest daughter Abby is recently divorced, and coming to grips with being a single mother, while Paige is an ambitious NYC publicist thrown completely out of her element in Wyoming.
    Cat Cardenas, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • Seymour has been married and divorced four times, sharing that the timing between her and Zambetti has been just right.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
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“Fractionated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionated. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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