as in dissolutions
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces
originally conceived as one novel, The Lord of the Rings underwent a fractionation into a trilogy when its publisher feared it was too massive to sell as a single volume
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Noun
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There could be more dissolutions and consolidations in the future.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026 -
The drama that sometimes follows their dissolutions speaks to a broader uncertainty in the air about how gay couples should be.—
Paul McAdory,
Them.,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Subsequent stages remain to be fulfilled, with deep splits over what comes next, including Hamas disarmament.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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The footage shows the women dropping into full splits every few feet as the officers attempt to keep them on their feet and escort them through the terminal.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But the backdrop shows several people looking down through glass partitions at that desk, much in the way some on-stage animators worked at Disney-MGM.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2026
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And while many familiar names in wealthier metropolitan states fare well, the health picture is a reminder that the rural-urban split remains one of America’s most enduring partitions.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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All of the other divisions are single elimination.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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These can include sabotaging infrastructure to foment unrest, subtly interfering with training exercises to undermine Arctic capabilities, and exploiting divisions in adversarial alliances.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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To be sure, some of these divestitures and breakups follow deals that seem to have been ill-advised from the start.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2026
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The weight of their present lives – the breakups of relationships and their dissatisfaction with themselves — lead to, if not epiphanies, then at least a reassessment of where their lives may be headed.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Such separations are essential to operational security, ensuring that unauthorized individuals cannot access highly sensitive information.—
Barbara McQuade,
Twin Cities,
15 Jan. 2026
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Such separations are essential to operational security, ensuring that unauthorized individuals cannot access highly sensitive information.—
Barbara McQuade,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Fractionations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionations. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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