ramified 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of ramifiednext
as in divided

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ramified

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verb

past tense of ramify
as in separated
to set or force apart the rise of cable television ramified the audience, creating ever smaller segments for an ever growing array of programming choices

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  1. divided
  2. separated
  3. disconnected
  4. split
  5. discontinuous
  6. parted
Adjective
  • Expecting an easy ride, Tom discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But in a deeply divided nation, Parliament’s decision to impeach him has also galvanized the political right.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of divided
Verb
  • Data held in qubits is affected by data held in other qubits, even when physically separated.
    — Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Then the dancers disappeared, too, except for Abraham and a couple, who separated and lapped the stage one last time before leaving.
    — Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of separated
Verb
  • In fact, lots of people are feeling distanced or disconnected, and want to know how to start a friend group.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Traditional metrics, like closing all service tickets or hitting sales quotas, often feel like top-down mandates disconnected from employees’ intrinsic motivations.
    — Rasmus Holst, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of disconnected
Verb
  • Women often lose income, take on the bulk of caregiving, and carry the invisible labor of rebuilding a life, while men complain of the long-tail financial consequences of alimony, support payments, and assets split down the middle.
    — Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The workplace is splitting in two: those who know how to collaborate with AI, and those who don't.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of split
Adjective
  • The fossil record is discontinuous at the Atapuerca site and in Western Europe as a whole, indicating that there were likely long periods without human presence.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • As President-elect Trump approaches the second half of his discontinuous presidency, Americans seem cool to his signature economic proposal: steep new tariffs on America’s most important trading partners.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of discontinuous
Adjective
  • Within a few years, the two parted ways, splitting their business interests.
    — Matthew Schneier, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
  • In a lively celebration of whiskers and wit, a man dressed as Moses stands on stage, holding the Ten Commandments before a sea of parted beards and mustaches inside Detroit's historic Masonic Temple.
    — David Rodriguez Muñoz, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2024
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