polarization

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Recent Examples of polarization Otherwise, the false claims by today’s hyper-confident chatbots and the wave of hyper-realistic fake videos will continue to exacerbate polarization, threaten real-world violence and further undermine our threatened democracy. Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025 The most obvious reason for this particular drought is polarization. Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025 While the incumbents gave various reasons for stepping down, the increasing polarization and hostility around issues in the city, in some ways mirroring national trends, are discouraging them from staying any longer. Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025 Think polarization, geopolitical instability, a lot of things that just have people wobbling right now. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for polarization
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarization
Noun
  • Maritime rescue officials recovered the remains, which were in an advanced state of decomposition, and transported them to the port of Ibiza, the newspaper reported.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Eventually, the natural fungal spores will colonize, and decomposition will begin.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By comparing two types of borosilicate glass, one containing magnesium and one without, the team discovered that the diffusion of boron atoms depends strongly on the glass composition and the time it has been exposed to water.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The Duchess of Sussex, who has worn pieces by the American designer in the recent past, opted for a mix of Ralph Lauren’s namesake brand as well as the couturier’s diffusion brand Lauren Ralph Lauren.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These sorts of expeditions are known as dispersion movements.
    Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This options trade will focus on the current dispersion amongst the S & P 500's 11 sectors.
    Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Very little has changed, a voice-over says, in the sixteen years between the scattering of the French 75 and Bob and Willa’s confrontation with military violence in Baktan Cross.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Light scattering is the same process that makes the sky blue on Earth.
    Samuel Badman, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Such atomization is a metastasizing problem.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Without sound input from the agency, the vaccine-information landscape is fragmented—which, Jetelina told me, will likely accelerate the atomization of American vaccine policies, behaviors, and beliefs.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • BuildWyco has a few major land bank projects in the works, including a mix of styles of homes in the Douglass Sumner neighborhood, homes in north KCK near where Sutter is building and the Rivers Edge East subdivision.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Nothing in this Act shall be construed to deny, impair, or otherwise adversely affect the right to vote of any person registered to vote under the law of any State or political subdivision.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To do this, retail banks can apply advanced segmentation techniques that tap behavioral data and real-time patterns to illuminate the needs of customers.
    Jeffrey Todd, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Intelligent segmentation builds it.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is reportedly why Kidman went ahead and filed for divorce.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Sky-high divorce settlements are becoming the norm in Abu Dhabi, less than five years after a civil court opened to serve non-Emirati residents, Semafor reported.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Polarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polarization. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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