polarization

noun

Definition of polarizationnext
as in decomposition

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Recent Examples of polarization Tracy focused on the cost of living, taxes and political polarization. — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026 Today, the passenger-side touchscreens in Mercedes and other luxury vehicles rely on driver-monitoring cameras or screen polarization to keep the driver from seeing what is playing on the passenger side. — James Riswick, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026 At a time of intense polarization, the boundaries of acceptable expression are becoming increasingly contested, just when many argue that societies most need the ability to hear opposing views. — Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2026 First implemented in 2022, the unique system aims to stymie polarization by moving the state away from party primaries. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 2 Nov. 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
  • Within an hour of searching the park, the city’s largest, police had found the body of a woman as well, this one in an advanced state of decomposition, leaving her unrecognizable.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • There is the Château d’Azay-le-Rideau on an island in the Loire Valley, plagued by flooding, as well as the opposite—receding water levels that expose its wooden, foundational beams to air and decomposition.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of decomposition
Noun
  • Advertisement China itself offers the greatest modern demonstration of what technological diffusion can accomplish.
    — Keyu Jin, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Whereas the commercial version of this strategy ends in universal diffusion at a monopolist’s price, the imperial version ends in the metropole deciding who gets what.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of diffusion
Noun
  • The dispersion of words across architecture does something that does not really involve reading.
    — Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Geographic dispersion might seem inefficient to a company that only considers its typical operating costs.
    — Todd J. Stein, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of dispersion
Noun
  • Feng Ye, PhD, an ORNL neutron scientist and co-author of both studies, stressed the role of neutron scattering in understanding these magnetic changes.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
  • So the scattering of the particles has a strong dependence on the substrate.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of scattering
Noun
  • And then there is the ever-increasing atomization across media, with political discourse splaying out across countless newsletters that are only intermittently in conversation with one another.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
  • North Korea’s political system depends on atomization and making doubters feel isolated from one another.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of atomization
Noun
  • Many of his neighbors parked on high ground just outside their subdivision.
    — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • With an adjacent property planned for a 1,000-unit residential subdivision on the Locust land that the family has leased for several years, a path to land ownership is critical to surviving development pressure.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of subdivision
Noun
  • The same problem affects access policies, cloud configurations, segmentation and application controls.
    — Alex Spokoiny, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Acxiom, a major data company, developed a segmentation system called PersonicX that grouped households into lifestyle categories.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of segmentation
Noun
  • Although terms of the separation are confidential, there was a pending judgment of divorce that needed approval from the New York County Supreme Court as of Wednesday, according to People.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Around that time, the family’s increasing financial strain, however, led the couple to discuss divorce.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of divorce

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