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Recent Examples of polarization
Different views on the topic Critics argue that raising excessive alarms about authoritarianism risks deepening polarization and validating Trump’s narrative of national crisis, potentially justifying more extreme policies under the guise of restoring order[3].
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Lee, who drove the legislative efforts to impeach Yoon, pinned his presidential campaign on unity, promising not to target conservatives and calling for an end to political polarization.
—The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
According to Muck Rack’s study, one-third of journalists said mis- or disinformation was the most serious threat to their industry, with another 25% pointing to journalism’s politicization and polarization.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Due to partisan polarization and narrow legislative majorities, incumbency advantage is all but disappeared.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
Lee, who drove the legislative efforts to impeach Yoon, pinned his presidential campaign on unity, promising not to target conservatives and calling for an end to political polarization.
—The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
According to Muck Rack’s study, one-third of journalists said mis- or disinformation was the most serious threat to their industry, with another 25% pointing to journalism’s politicization and polarization.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Due to partisan polarization and narrow legislative majorities, incumbency advantage is all but disappeared.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarization
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This is a classic example of diffusion of responsibility, where leaders can wriggle out of being held accountable by pointing the finger elsewhere.—
Melissa A. Wheeler,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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His unorthodox policy views had a magnifying effect on major global trends that had been well underway before Trump was elected, including the global diffusion of power, rapid and disruptive technological change, and political polarization and policy volatility.—
REBECCA LISSNER,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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By integrating all relevant data into one place, response times are optimized and the dispersion of information across multiple platforms is avoided.—
Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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The state could take advantage of technological trends — remote work, for example — to allow for more population dispersion.—
Joel Kotkin,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Its back has orange and gray markings with a scattering of darker brown blotches.—
Aspen Pflughoeft
Updated July 9,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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From traditional burials to the scattering of one's ashes at sea, the methods for the deceased to be honored are as varied as the cultures that comprise our world.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Rodney, who has lived in Naperville’s Cress Creek subdivision for nearly 20 years, turned down sites in two strip malls, preferring a more historic setting.—
Karen Sorensen,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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About 22 years ago, the couple moved it nearly two miles to its current spot on 10 acres after a developer wanted the surrounding land for a residential subdivision.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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That’s how spin-offs and breakups start: not with noise, but with accounting and segmentation.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Under Donahoe, Nike moved away from its sport segmentation and instead broke up its business into women’s, men’s and kids.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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Gleason had been long-separated from his first wife, Genevieve, a Roman Catholic who wouldn’t give him a divorce.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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The first time was on the Halloween that immediately followed my divorce.—
Hannah Pittard,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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After millions of years of shaping the nation’s grasslands and forests through their feeding habits and seed dispersal, the moa went extinct roughly 150 years after the Māori arrived.—
Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
8 July 2025
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That was in reference to a stalemate between MLS players and the league over the dispersal of Club World Cup prize money – which is limited due to a clause in the league’s collective bargaining agreement.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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However, the significant disparity in prize money between the competitions arises from the distribution of funds based on league placing at the end of the initial phase.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Velvet Peanut Butter brand, with its decades-long Detroit history, will be produced in Detroit in 2026 with plans for nationwide distribution.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
11 July 2025
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“Polarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polarization. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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