as in to subdivide
formal
to undergo division into two parts
The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels.
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Recent Examples of bifurcate
That edge is somewhat novel in Star Wars’s universe of smugglers, which typically feels bifurcated between scoundrels with a heart of gold and petty criminals who are rarely more than their base nature.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 19 June 2024
One example is the need to bifurcate amounts into pre-2020 and post-2020 amounts.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
So the market has bifurcated, with roughly half of buyers preferring something perfect from a lab, and the other half still preferring something that maybe has romantic flaws.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 12 Oct. 2024
Financial Services Lennar’s Financial Services operations are bifurcated through functionality in Residential Mortgage Financing, Title, Insurance & Closing Services and Commercial Mortgage Origination.
—Joe Cornell, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 19 June 2024
One example is the need to bifurcate amounts into pre-2020 and post-2020 amounts.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
So the market has bifurcated, with roughly half of buyers preferring something perfect from a lab, and the other half still preferring something that maybe has romantic flaws.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 12 Oct. 2024
Financial Services Lennar’s Financial Services operations are bifurcated through functionality in Residential Mortgage Financing, Title, Insurance & Closing Services and Commercial Mortgage Origination.
—Joe Cornell, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for bifurcate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bifurcate
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The glorious few who still worry about the decline of Palm Beach society speculated wildly that Trump was planning to legalize gambling and build a casino, or — the truly frightening possibility — subdivide his acreage and sell houses.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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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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The two were married in 1993 and split in 2002 when Ireland was only 7 years old.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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That amount would be split between border security, such as wall funding and money for Border Patrol agents, and modernizing U.S. defense systems.—
Cami Mondeaux,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
16 Jan. 2025
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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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The number is calculated by dividing births in a year by the average population for the year.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2025
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To put it in simplest terms, quadrants are a way to separate and weigh games depending on where they were played, who they were played against, and the expected winning percentage against an opponent’s NET ranking.—
Mark Schindler,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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But what does separate him from those in Blaugrana however, is his willingness to defend.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Travel companies can segment their customers into different groups: leisure or business, luxury or budget, family or solo traveler.—
Angus McDonald,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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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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