polarization

noun

Definition of polarizationnext
as in decomposition

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Recent Examples of polarization Billed as a social experiment amid increasing levels of polarization and social isolation, the show will then explore across eight eps whether opposites really do attract. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 July 2026 But controversies are plaguing the league, Clark has become an unwilling symbol of racial polarization and GOP members of Congress are entering the fray. — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 17 July 2026 The underlying forces — globalization, technological change, demographic shifts, economic concentration and ideological polarization — have been reshaping American governance for decades. — John Eger, Mercury News, 17 July 2026 As the laser passes through the crystal, its polarization rotates. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for polarization
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarization
  1. decomposition
  2. diffusion
  3. dispersion
  4. scattering
  5. atomization
  6. subdivision
  7. segmentation
  8. divorce
Noun
  • Authorities announced on Thursday that two unidentified bodies, both in a state of decomposition, have been found buried in the yard.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The bodies were found buried in the backyard and were in a state of decomposition, police said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of decomposition
Noun
  • The real opportunity may lie in slow diffusion and integration, a less marketable but potentially sound thesis.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers assumed that corals were passive with respect to the slow-moving boundary layer, simply relying on natural diffusion through it to provide nutrients and oxygen.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of diffusion
Noun
  • Yet for some thinkers today the involuntary dispersion of the Jews (galut or golah) is articulated as being inherently different from the voluntary exile of the Jews (diaspora or tfutsot).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • Investors who access emerging markets through a broad index miss the dispersion that active country allocation can capture.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of dispersion
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  • The unincorporated community, little more than a scattering of buildings at a bend in the road, lies midway between Mason and Llano in the Texas Hill Country.
    — Pam LeBlanc, Southern Living, 20 July 2026
  • And even outside the direct beam, the scattering of its photons through the atmosphere would create a still-bright smudge of light pollution in the surrounding night sky.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026
Definition of scattering
Noun
  • Chinamaxxing romanticizes things that feel structurally out of reach at home — compact, affordable-looking apartments; public transit that works; streets safe to walk at night; multigenerational households as an antidote to loneliness; communal meals as an antidote to atomization.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The atomization of society begins with your morning coffee.
    — Jakub Grygiel, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of atomization
Noun
  • The company contends that its plan would create a lot less new traffic than a typical subdivision, and would be better environmentally.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Bass in June 2024 saw the patricide plan to it to its end, reducing his father, Gene Bass, to a crumple outside a neighbor’s house in the orderly subdivision where Xavier grew up near North Crowley High School.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of subdivision
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  • Meanwhile, generic email campaigns are being replaced by dynamic email content and SMS segmentation, which offer retailers and brands significantly higher ROI than cold ad campaigns.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
  • At the periphery, there exists segmentation and micro-networking.
    — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of segmentation
Noun
  • Blackman was married to actors Joby Baker (Good Morning World) from 1959 until their 1961 divorce and to Rockne Tarkington (Black Samson) from 1968 until their 1970 divorce.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Holahan, who is an attorney, filed for divorce on July 20 in Hartford District Superior Court.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of divorce

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