fractionating

verb

present participle of fractionate
as in separating

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  1. separating
  2. dividing
  3. splitting
  4. dissecting
  5. cleaving
  6. bifurcating
  7. dissociating
  8. decoupling
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  • The former couple was married for 18 years before separating in 2022.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The novel process works by separating lithium directly from liquid brines.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of separating
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  • Beginning in 1992, Nagy began dividing his time between New York and New Delhi.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier this year, the state parted ways with its main contractor, Kiewit, over a pricing dispute, dividing the remaining work into multiple contracts.
    — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of dividing
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  • The two networks will be splitting it with NBC showing Game 1 on Saturday and Game 4 a week later.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • My sister divided the buns between our family members, splitting hers in two and handing me the other half.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of splitting
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  • During a specific podcast episode, the guest began dissecting detailed growth metrics and visual frameworks.
    — Victoria Usher, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Launched in 2014, the series has more than 300 episodes, each dissecting a single song in under half an hour.
    — Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of dissecting
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  • In both cases, the protein structure was known, as were the key amino acids that catalyze cleaving other proteins.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
  • It can be made cleanly by cleaving the hydrogen out of water using clean electricity.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaving
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  • 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
Definition of bifurcating
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  • There was crying, complaining, dissociating and even laughing on those couches.
    — Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of dissociating
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  • With other phones, even something simple like replacing an aging battery often requires melting adhesive, prying apart fragile glass panels, and decoupling cables.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
  • By decoupling the supply chain at these nodes, a company prevents the bullwhip effect.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of decoupling
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