fractionating

present participle of fractionate

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Verb
  • The challenge for investors is separating technical pressure from fundamental weakness.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • The Grammy-winning rapper, 41, filed for divorce from his podcaster wife, 46, on May 18 after separating May 9, according to a divorce filing obtained and reviewed by the USA TODAY Network on June 15.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • The United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on June 17 that sets up negotiations over the most contentious issues dividing the two sides.
    Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • But any time a cell is not actively dividing, its chromatin is unwound into what looks like a tangled mess.
    Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • And Whitehall, who began the day in a Tom Ford suit, had to change into a backup suit by Dunhill after splitting his pants.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • The seven core collaborators – Kogonada, producer Chung An, producer Christopher Radcliff, producer-cinematographer Benjamin Loeb, and actor-producers Richardson, Mao and Jin Ha – collectively owned the project, splitting responsibilities and working without outside financing.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • Another record might have found the ballad in that process, dissecting, with Deer Tick’s gift for barstool poetry, their relationship with the strange, looming beast that is age.
    Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026
  • Join forces and sign up for our subscriber-exclusive newsletter dissecting House of the Dragon season three.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • Something like cleaving a payroll system in three has to be done flawlessly, for example, so staff still get paid on time.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 12 June 2026
  • Inequality is cleaving the haves and the have-nots.
    Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
Verb
  • At the same time, the enterprise AI market is bifurcating.
    Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Levanon’s reading of the labor data is that the economy is bifurcating in a specific and underreported way.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • There was crying, complaining, dissociating and even laughing on those couches.
    Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Canada is diversifying its partnerships but not decoupling.
    Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
  • Congress should enable American consumers by expanding HSA eligibility to all Americans, decoupling HSAs from high-deductible insurance plans, and expanding HSA-eligible expenses to prioritize wellness and longevity through prevention, fitness, health program memberships and screenings.
    Deborah Autor, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026
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“Fractionating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionating. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.

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