as in to bifurcate
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Recent Examples of dichotomize
Lyle: What was really important for us with Lottie is that there’s a tendency to want to dichotomize characters in television and film into protagonists and antagonists, or heroes and villains.
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Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize.
—Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize.
—Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dichotomize
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But Stiller and producer and star Adam Scott recognized the potential in newcomer Dan Erickson’s surreal script: Employees volunteer to undergo an operation, called severance, that bifurcates the consciousness into work life and personal life.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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This, to me, represents how Tesfaye has had to bifurcate himself in order to produce music and star in and completely rewrite The Idol.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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On Monday, the US government announced a new round of regulations on global AI chip exports, dividing the world into roughly three tiers of access.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
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Other volunteers set up in the job center’s parking lot to divide donations into care packages of food, toiletries, water and clothing.Yvonne Condes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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With advancements in neural AI, machines may soon be able to understand and dissect human feelings, recreating them in song with startling accuracy.Virginie Berger, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Visitors from Norway, Russia, Germany, South Africa and other countries fill the bar and spill out outside, toasting to space exploration or dissecting the science behind the latest launch.Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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These large partitions are then subdivided into smaller ones, called macros and standard cells.Somdeb Majumdar, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2024
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Soon after Taylor's death in 1895, his land on both sides of Lake McDonald — predecessor to Lake Austin — was subdivided and sold.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 June 2024
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Or, like Swarovski is doing by segmenting its collection into identifiable tiers, which the brand calls its ‘complications,’ targeting different product-price profiles.Stéphane JG Girod, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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The suit claims that the water main project was improperly segmented from the promenade.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture).WWD, WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
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The initial wave fractionated into smaller 25-foot waves, which reverberated across the fjord for over a week.Carly Miller, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Since then, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have dramatically split from the royal family and have pursued their own ventures in America, including filming a headline-grabbing Netflix access series.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
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Finley split pinon kindling burns in fire pits across the property.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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The canal bisects Panama, running 51 miles end to end.Alma Solís, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Many of his mixed media works are busy, bisected, and richly colored.Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Dichotomize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dichotomize. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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