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fractionated

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verb

past tense of fractionate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractionated
Adjective
  • The show’s title is synonymous with the fears of many Americans, who navigated and are still navigating a divided political nation.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Typically, the Supreme Court rulings released earlier in the term are less divided, and decisions released later in the term tend to break down along ideological lines at a higher rate.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • In 1865, more than eight decades after Elizabeth Freeman defeated slavery in Massachusetts, the practice was finally abolished throughout the United States, though only after a civil war that cleaved the young nation and cost more than 600,000 lives.
    New York Times, New York Times, 22 June 2026
  • 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
Adjective
  • Type of equipment, efficiency rating, installation complexity and electrical upgrades can all impact the total cost of your ductless mini-split installation.
    Alora Bopray, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • The California State Legislature is set to vote this week on SB 1090, which, if approved, would temporarily block certain housing density laws that allow split lots and multi-unit construction on single-family Altadena lots.
    Julie Sharp, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Streaming numbers are in their relative infancy and TV ratings are now dissected with multiplatform caveats.
    Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • He was dissected in various media reports.
    Chet Flippo, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • In a place where many homes lean into glass, driftwood tones and a conventional layout, this one sprawls like a resort, with sleeping quarters separated into individual pavilion-like structures.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
  • While first stage successfully separated, the second stage engine did not get it into orbit.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • However, the longer-term consequences could be more profound and bifurcated, a Reuters columnist argued, with governments increasing their support for electrification and renewables, as well as ramping up purchases of coal to reduce reliance on Middle East transit routes.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 17 June 2026
  • 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
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
  • Not to jinx anything, but in spite of all the hoopla (or perhaps because of it), Stone and Silvia separated six months later and were divorced by 1976.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 June 2026
  • The pair divorced in 2023, with Vergara later attributing the split to differing views on having children, which Manganiello disputed.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 24 June 2026
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“Fractionated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionated. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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