polarization

noun

Definition of polarizationnext
as in decomposition

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Recent Examples of polarization First, there’s a polarization between premium luxury brands and those that leverage mass market and scale value. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026 The acute polarization of American politics in recent decades has made that exceedingly difficult. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Even with the challenges and polarization of recent election cycles, students continue to participate. — Chyann Sapp, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 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 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
  • According to the medical examiner's office, the bodies were improperly stored at the funeral home and were in various states of decomposition at the time.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Investigators and forensic pathologists who responded found remains in various states of decomposition.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 8 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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  • Part of that prep includes the scattering of limbs and bodies, which are made by House of the Dragon’s very busy prosthetics team headed up by designer Waldo Mason.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The scattering of the Wariboko war-canoe clan started with Princewill, the youngest son of Chadwick.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 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
Noun
  • That could put an end to this depressingly outdated segmentation.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Measurement Drift The metrics, baselines, segmentation, or definitions of success no longer represent the outcomes that matter.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of segmentation
Noun
  • Either way, the legal fight between Gerhardt and Arielle Konig will continue, as their divorce is still pending.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Alcoholics Anonymous, which Pitt attended for 18 months after Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, sees sobriety as all-or-nothing with no exceptions, Schrank pointed out.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of divorce

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