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Recent Examples of polarization
Schwarzenegger, 78, also lamented the deepening polarization that has hamstrung politics since his time in office.
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Claire Wang, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Students also are disturbed by the nation’s deep political polarization.
—Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
By engineering support layer architecture, thin-film nanocomposite membranes counteract internal concentration polarization and salt accumulation within the membrane’s porous structure, reducing the driving force for water flow.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
And in an era of so much political polarization, isn’t that a unifying message?
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
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Claire Wang, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Students also are disturbed by the nation’s deep political polarization.
—Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
By engineering support layer architecture, thin-film nanocomposite membranes counteract internal concentration polarization and salt accumulation within the membrane’s porous structure, reducing the driving force for water flow.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
And in an era of so much political polarization, isn’t that a unifying message?
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarization
Noun
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Based on the level of decomposition, officials estimated she had been dumped from the overpass at least a month earlier, according to the release.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Before storing the bodies in the crawl space, Gacy used lime to hasten the bodies' decomposition.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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According to the team, this is the first time anyone has directly linked the internal distribution of the beta phase to lithium diffusion behavior in lithium aluminum alloys.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Using a combination of nanotechnological and analogue diffusion devices, these scents permeate the surrounding garden.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Showing little propulsive momentum at the index level and under the sway of wide dispersion among stocks and sectors, this churning phase has left investor positioning and attitudes shy of dangerous extremes.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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Stable dispersions lasted for up to a month, supported by strong negative zeta potentials in both water and ethanol.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Most were teenagers skipping school, though there was a scattering of grown-ups and a couple of families with younger children.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Pamukkale, Turkey — From a distance, Pamukkale looks every bit like a ski resort, with a cascade of brilliant white slopes and a scattering of tourists at the top, seemingly preparing to slalom down into the valley below.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The problem is the infernal force of atomization that is running all over us.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Such atomization is a metastasizing problem.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The 911 center, a subdivision of the police department currently overseen by Commander Jorge Llanes, has faced mounting concerns over staffing and missed emergency calls.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The shooting occurred Wednesday morning in a subdivision of Whitestown, located approximately 20 miles northwest of Indianapolis, police said.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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To do this, retail banks can apply advanced segmentation techniques that tap behavioral data and real-time patterns to illuminate the needs of customers.—
Jeffrey Todd,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Intelligent segmentation builds it.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wyman filed for divorce the year after, and the year after that, Reagan met Nancy Davis, who would become his wife until his death in 2004.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jan. 2026
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The couple finalized their divorce in 1948.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Polarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polarization. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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