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Recent Examples of polarization
That polarization leaves little margin for prosecutorial missteps.
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 15 Feb. 2026
In an era marked by polarization, war, and competing claims of suffering, we are often told that solidarity requires choosing sides — that to stand with one people is to betray another.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Some manufacturers now also offer different technologies that don’t conflict with polarization.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
At a time when many public institutions are constrained by polarization or retreating from global engagement, these convenings serve an increasingly important function.
—Alan H.h. Fleischmann, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 15 Feb. 2026
In an era marked by polarization, war, and competing claims of suffering, we are often told that solidarity requires choosing sides — that to stand with one people is to betray another.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Some manufacturers now also offer different technologies that don’t conflict with polarization.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
At a time when many public institutions are constrained by polarization or retreating from global engagement, these convenings serve an increasingly important function.
—Alan H.h. Fleischmann, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarization
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Sometimes compost becomes too acidic during decomposition, Ivanov says—fireplace ash helps neutralize this acidity.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
25 Feb. 2026
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In fact, adding brown material like toilet paper tubes will even speed up the decomposition process and balance out your green kitchen waste.—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
19 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, China’s centralized political system, focused on control, is prioritizing AI diffusion, from driverless cars and the internet of things, to consumer applications and robots.—
Jared Cohen,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
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The full production process included wet chemical cleaning, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), phosphorus diffusion, atomic layer deposition (ALD), laser patterning, physical vapor deposition (PVD), isolation, and screen printing.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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What now matters is the rate of acceleration, the severity profile and the geographic dispersion of violations.—
Frederic Lemieux,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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That dispersion falls in the 97th percentile of the past 30 years.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2026
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Robotic probes proved increasingly versatile and successful, eventually visiting every planet in the solar system as well as a scattering of moons, comets, and asteroids.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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To study vibrations indirectly, scientists use spectroscopic techniques like Raman scattering.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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Neoliberalism wants atomization, managing our own human capital.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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But his real breakthrough went beyond atomization.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Crown Point Plan Commission voted no to a zoning request for a 473-lot subdivision to be called Preserve Point.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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It’s been three years since thousands of residents in a Central Florida subdivision won a landmark class action lawsuit against their developer, who was illegally making millions of dollars by charging them to use their neighborhood pool, clubhouse and other features.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2026
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This is a tunnel to nowhere and just a part of a much larger plan costing tens of billions more, but segmentation isn’t permitted under the law for funding purposes.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
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In health and wellness, machine learning already powers drug discovery, patient segmentation, and outcome tracking.—
Aisha Alves,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2026
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Cornyn has defended the bipartisan gun law, has chided Hunt over missing votes in Washington and relentlessly trolled Paxton over his divorce, allegations of infidelity and issues surrounding his impeachment.—
Gromer Jeffers Jr,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Feb. 2026
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There was a divorce after a move to Kansas City to be close to his wife’s family.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Polarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polarization. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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