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Recent Examples of polarization
In fact, polarization has nothing to do with how much or how little protection a pair of sunglasses offers from UV radiation.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 May 2025
At the same time, global polarization around topics like migration and climate change has only grown since 2013, showing the limits of his influence in secular life.
—Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
There’s growing evidence that social media and the decline of in-person social connection have coincided with major increases in anxiety and depression, as well as political polarization and pessimism about the future.
—Kim Samuel, Time, 14 May 2025
Political polarization seeps into workplace dynamics.
—Aparna Rae, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 May 2025
At the same time, global polarization around topics like migration and climate change has only grown since 2013, showing the limits of his influence in secular life.
—Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
There’s growing evidence that social media and the decline of in-person social connection have coincided with major increases in anxiety and depression, as well as political polarization and pessimism about the future.
—Kim Samuel, Time, 14 May 2025
Political polarization seeps into workplace dynamics.
—Aparna Rae, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for polarization
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarization
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The color, the pizzazz, the spectacle is what has drawn so many of us to the handiwork of the LLM in a diffusion model, where the program adds noise, prior to de-noising into a novel, coherent result.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Nvidia should be using its success around the world to work hard to compete against China in other markets and stop focusing on its diminishing market share in China, especially after Trump gave the company the gift of repelling the AI diffusion rule.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Refraction is the bending of light, while dispersion scatters it.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Discover Magazine,
28 May 2025
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The velocity dispersion in Ophion, as measured by Gaia, is much larger than normal, at 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) per second.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The remains — which included a skull and a scattering of separated bones — were collected from the beach destination and are slated to undergo forensic analysis to determine their origin and age, Newsweek reported.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2025
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Her matching set consisted of a pencil skirt and blazer cinched with a belt, all of which featured a scattering of white polka dots against a sky blue fabric.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
19 May 2025
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Directly south of Tierra Vista, Hanover is planning Preservation Place, a 561-lot subdivision to be built over three phases right along the turnpike.—
James Wilkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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Toll Brothers also recently revived plans to build nearly 700 homes in two subdivisions in northwest Meridian, roughly 12 miles away.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
20 May 2025
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In my experience leading segmentation initiatives for global institutions, moving critical systems off flat topologies significantly reduced risk exposure.—
Srikanth Bellamkonda,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Crocs achieves precise segmentation across its lineup, driven by two key pillars: functionality and aesthetics.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Some exert control through violence, some through financial dominance, and others through the threat of divorce and social isolation.—
TrickleUp,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Per the filing, the couple's divorce is uncontested and will only need a judge to sign off.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2025
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That trip would be the longest transoceanic dispersal of any terrestrial vertebrate known to scientists.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 Mar. 2025
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Researchers in Australia are using Gaia to learn how mosquitoes colonized islands in the South Pacific, while teams in Michigan and Ohio are using it to understand the history and dispersal of the Massasauga rattlesnake.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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That said, Brian had also uploaded their music to Spotify via a British distribution service called RouteNote.—
Tyler Hicks,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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The company’s distribution model, however, remains costly.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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“Polarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polarization. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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