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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Robyn is Kody’s last wife after his splits from Christine, Janelle, and Meri.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
28 Sep. 2025 -
The actress had a hard time slumbering after her week one mistakes, and now she’s expected to do a cartwheel into splits after tearing her hamstring?—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
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When visits were eventually permitted, they were limited to 10–20 minutes behind glass partitions.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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Mies van der Rohe’s apartment had sliding partitions to divide rooms as needed—a design anticipating flexible urban living a century later.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The college's trustees voted unanimously in early May to join the UA System, which is comprised of more than 20 campuses, divisions and units around the state.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2025
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Programs will have a better grasp of how things could shake out in their respective divisions.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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In his 61 games over six seasons, Diggs has accounted for 20 interceptions, 63 pass breakups and 222 tackles.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
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Scott was a first-team All-Big Ten selection last season and had two pass breakups, six tackles and 1½ tackles for loss prior to sustaining a lower leg injury in a Week 3 game against Western Michigan.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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Some teams have demonstrated initial proof-of-concept separations on Earth, but making those systems robust for the lunar environment is a different challenge.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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Goolsbee said the reports will come from 11 different data sets that will compute a jobless rate projection as well as estimates for layoffs and other separations and a rate of hiring unemployed workers.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Fractionations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionations. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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