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Recent Examples of polarization
The result is the extreme polarization and absolutism.
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Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
What’s next For climate change, misperceptions are partly driven by partisan polarization, visible disagreement among leaders and vocal opposition from skeptics.
—Stylianos Syropoulos, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
This works hand in hand with polarization and helps to further normalize political violence.
—James Piazza, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
Called magnetoelectricity, this coupling allows an electric field to change a magnetic material’s magnetization, or a magnetic field to change a material’s polarization.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
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Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
What’s next For climate change, misperceptions are partly driven by partisan polarization, visible disagreement among leaders and vocal opposition from skeptics.
—Stylianos Syropoulos, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
This works hand in hand with polarization and helps to further normalize political violence.
—James Piazza, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
Called magnetoelectricity, this coupling allows an electric field to change a magnetic material’s magnetization, or a magnetic field to change a material’s polarization.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarization
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Excessive fly activity indicates decomposition is already underway, at which point the fruit's condition is as much the concern as the flies themselves.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
13 May 2026
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Brian Eckenrode, a retired FBI forensic scientist and expert in human decomposition, joined them in 2021.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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That diffusion makes the costs easy to underestimate.—
Tammy Hawes,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Non-state actors and drone warfare The diffusion of UAV technology has enabled non-state actors to participate in air warfare in unprecedented ways.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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This proprietary approach overcomes challenges of surface treatment and dispersion associated with the material.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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Goldman notes that the three-month realized pairwise correlation among the major AI hyperscalers—Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle—has fallen sharply, with rising dispersion among the dominant names.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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This is the first time this approach, formally called profile-likelihood analysis, has been applied to fractional dark matter–proton scattering from CMB data.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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Use in soft robotics Collaborative efforts with mechanics and molecular alignment experts enabled the validation and prediction of these materials’ behaviors through advanced X-ray scattering.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
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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
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The atomization of society begins with your morning coffee.—
Jakub Grygiel,
Washington Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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In other business, the Plan Commission approved preliminary plat approval on a 2-lot subdivision with a Family Express gas station to be built on one of the two lots.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling is a subdivision of Reyes Holding, which manages major beer and drink distributors and McDonald’s largest global distributor.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Market segmentation, especially demographic segmentation based on age, loci, socioeconomic status index, and household life cycle, also became frequent in market analysis.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Viva’s owner, Grupo IAMSA, also operates a giant bus network and was fined in an antitrust investigation for monopolistic practices related to price manipulation and route segmentation in 2022.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Both filed for restraining orders and sought anger management during the divorce.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Seymour was married to Michael, the son of actor-director Richard Attenborough, for two years before their 1973 divorce.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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“Polarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polarization. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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