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Recent Examples of polarization
With polls indicating that political polarization in the United States is at an all-time high, vilification, and even prosecution, of political opponents has risen as well.
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Bernadette Meyler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
In 2024, European regulators, driven in part by voters anxious about online disinformation and polarization inflamed by social media, passed the world’s most comprehensive regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and digital technologies.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
An aversion to political polarization is something of an anomaly in the current political climate.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
Polls show partisan polarization over ICE tactics Vance heads to the center of the unfolding drama as polls show ICE operations are increasingly unpopular.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 21 Jan. 2026
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Bernadette Meyler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
In 2024, European regulators, driven in part by voters anxious about online disinformation and polarization inflamed by social media, passed the world’s most comprehensive regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and digital technologies.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
An aversion to political polarization is something of an anomaly in the current political climate.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
Polls show partisan polarization over ICE tactics Vance heads to the center of the unfolding drama as polls show ICE operations are increasingly unpopular.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarization
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The team is using a process called thermal decomposition to unlock the chemical secrets of neptunium.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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Slower decomposition of food scraps can attract rodents and other unwanted critters.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
1 Feb. 2026
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At the heart of many AI image generators are machine learning algorithms known as diffusion models.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Jan. 2026
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Chavarria has also decided to launch a diffusion line called Big Willy as of this show.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 Jan. 2026
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In today’s environment, dispersion between winners and losers is widening, creating a fertile landscape for alpha generation.—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Showing little propulsive momentum at the index level and under the sway of wide dispersion among stocks and sectors, this churning phase has left investor positioning and attitudes shy of dangerous extremes.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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To address the challenge, the researchers turned to neutron scattering.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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This phenomenon happens because blue light undergoes stronger atmospheric scattering than red light, and as a result, red is the most dominant color as sunlight passes through our atmosphere and reaches the moon.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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One of Wallace’s driving anxieties, a black thread running through this novel, was that television addiction (including his own) was inducing brain rot, social atomization, and spiritual death.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The problem is the infernal force of atomization that is running all over us.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Edgewater Stormwater Project replaces a culvert under the old railroad north of the Edgewater subdivision.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Saturday, in a subdivision near the intersection of Jerimoth and Cuddington drives in east Charlotte.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Feb. 2026
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Nutanix Flow implements micro-segmentation to contain threats within isolated network segments and provides disaster recovery orchestration for rapid failover and recovery operations.—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Trent will lead category management and go-to-market initiatives, overseeing product line architecture, assortment planning and channel segmentation.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Lawson, who has also made headlines over the years as part went through a very public divorce with former husband Charles Saatchi, has used being a TV chef, including on the ABC series The Taste, and publishing cookbooks to drive her on-screen career.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Jan. 2026
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Less than a year after Atlee’s birth, Meyer filed for divorce.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Polarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polarization. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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