How to Use bifurcation in a Sentence

bifurcation

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  • That bifurcation could happen in the next few years — or not for a decade.
    — oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The volume hinted at the shape of a skirt, but the bifurcation of the pant legs aided cycling.
    — Christine Ro, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2018
  • There has been a sharp bifurcation of the right-of-center media.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The Grill/Pool bifurcation extends to the dining room staff.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017
  • But the higher pay some nannies have been able to charge masks a bifurcation in the industry.
    — NBC News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Within the world of people who care about wine, a bifurcation of drinking vessels is in progress.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022
  • There is a clear bifurcation in the return-to-office story.
    — Remy Raisner, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • There’s been a bifurcation since then, with the mega-caps now seen by some analysts as less likely to be hurt by higher rates.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • With the one-two punch of Pulp Fiction and 12 Monkeys, the bifurcation of Willis’s screen persona became pronounced.
    — Vulture, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Of course, the bifurcation of Beijing is not a capricious plot to alienate its residents.
    — Mallika Sen, ajc, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The tide has been slowly shifting back away from car-centric modal bifurcation in cities worldwide.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Who will save journalism from this state of acute and unequal bifurcation?
    — Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 21 Oct. 2021
  • At the same time, a bifurcation in shopping habits toward the highest and lowest ends has been bad for retailers like Macy’s that cater to midrange customers.
    — Dow Jones News Service, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2017
  • In the ensuing months, a sharp — and for many, maddening — bifurcation took place as Covid-19 swept through the country in waves of mounting severity.
    — NBC News, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Still, there are signs that this bifurcation is starker than in a typical slowdown, which could suggest that the better-off aren’t done spending.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Clifford is in the know, drawn to the bifurcation—Lil Murda, the industry finesser, and LaMarcus, the fragile dreamer.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The bifurcation of body and soul has been debated and discussed for many centuries across religions and cultures.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021
  • People have said that there’s a bifurcation between the economy and the stock market, but hopefully this helps the economy catch up.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • This bifurcation of the media poses a challenge for all tech platforms, not just YouTube, that resist taking a stand on what constitutes truth.
    — Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 9 July 2018
  • The system shifts from non-chaotic to chaotic behaviors through a cascade of bifurcation points.
    — Quanta Magazine, 11 Nov. 2021
  • In fact, the bifurcation effect seems to be gaining momentum.
    — Scott Galloway, Esquire, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Koh wanted to know how to identify and predict bifurcation points.
    — Quanta Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Koh wanted to know how to identify and predict bifurcation points.
    — Leila Sloman, WIRED, 5 May 2024
  • Popular on Variety The bifurcation of sound and image seems, at times, like the only way to adequately capture the sheer breadth of a story this vast.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 9 May 2024
  • Judge Chhabria said that while a bifurcation order in court trials is unusual and should be granted with caution, it was warranted in this case.
    — Donato Paolo Mancini, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2019
  • Social media platforms have become the chief culprit for this bifurcation, and for sound reason.
    — Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 21 Mar. 2017
  • Despite having some undeniably great moments, Chainz’s take on the sports-rap bifurcation didn’t hold up in the weight of its ambition and was missing the controlled chaos that made Chainz such a force in the early 2010s.
    — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Level 2 refers to minutiae or small details, such as bifurcations, endings, eyes and hooks.
    — Partha Banerjee, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The only real downside, though, is the bifurcation between two venues located across town from each other.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
  • The Huawei fallout could lead to the bifurcation of global markets into two incompatible 5G camps (see map).
    — The Economist, 11 July 2019

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