fractionates

present tense third-person singular of fractionate

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • With a rock in a sock, Racine cleaves her own bloody swath down her father’s path, embracing her genetic destiny.
    Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
  • This enzyme cleaves the ester bonds in the neuronal portion of the back retina—the retinal pigment epithelium— to create a usable form of vitamin A, a molecule called 11-cis-retinal.
    Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • The most common way to enrich uranium is by spinning uranium gas in a centrifuge, where lighter U-235 separates from the heavier U-238.
    Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
  • This is the moment that separates a financial exit from an actual exit.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • During auditions, judges focus on dance technique, high kicks, splits, showmanship, personal appearance, energy, enthusiasm, poise, figure and personality, per the DCC's website.
    Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
  • That splits the game into four chunks—and has split opinion.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Song Exploder is the default setting for the best music podcast, while One Song, which dissects one iconic song every episode, and provides a deep, humorous, and technical analysis of a single track’s production, history, and cultural impact goes largely unnoticed.
    Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • One business has become two, but the original shareholder base rarely divides neatly with it.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • The enclave has seen near-daily strikes, as well as shelling and gunfire along the boundary that divides Gaza into Israeli and Palestinian-controlled zones.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Gathered around the couch, in a spacious living room soundtracked by hushed jazz piano, her little sister disassociates with headphones while her pops casually chats to her stepmother; observing from a wheelchair is her 94-year-old great-grandmother.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The supracoracoid fenestra is a large hole that nearly bisects the shoulder bone.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
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“Fractionates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionates. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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