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Recent Examples of polarization
Build bridges and democratic alternatives Bringing together people across ideological and other divides can increase understanding and counter political polarization, particularly when religious leaders are involved.
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Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2025
This polarization means even post-Trump, Democrats may cling to divisive issues like defund-the-police echoes or aggressive cultural wars, repelling the non-ideological public weary of extremes.
—Nafees Alam, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is an allegory of polarization and media saturation, in which right-wing viral media spreads demonic possession like a plague.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
From poverty and inequality to political polarization and misinformation, Kristof explores how truth, empathy and moral courage can guide us toward a more just and compassionate society.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
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Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2025
This polarization means even post-Trump, Democrats may cling to divisive issues like defund-the-police echoes or aggressive cultural wars, repelling the non-ideological public weary of extremes.
—Nafees Alam, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is an allegory of polarization and media saturation, in which right-wing viral media spreads demonic possession like a plague.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
From poverty and inequality to political polarization and misinformation, Kristof explores how truth, empathy and moral courage can guide us toward a more just and compassionate society.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarization
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Before storing the bodies in the crawl space, Gacy used lime to hasten the bodies' decomposition.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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An anthology of first memories, a meditation on decomposition, spinning constellations—every stanza grapples with change on a private or galactic scale.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Using fractional diffusion theory, the research deepens understanding of transient charging behaviors in complex materials, which is key to designing high-performance components used for advanced engineering electrochemical systems in general.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Using a combination of nanotechnological and analogue diffusion devices, these scents permeate the surrounding garden.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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This reflects the dispersion within the Mag7, present all year, which allows this segment of the market to rebalance itself over time.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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These sorts of expeditions are known as dispersion movements.—
Ganesh Marín,
The Dial,
7 Oct. 2025
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That will have an effect on wildlife in the directly illuminated area, but also, through atmospheric scattering, on the surrounding areas as well.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Very little has changed, a voice-over says, in the sixteen years between the scattering of the French 75 and Bob and Willa’s confrontation with military violence in Baktan Cross.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
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Such atomization is a metastasizing problem.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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Without sound input from the agency, the vaccine-information landscape is fragmented—which, Jetelina told me, will likely accelerate the atomization of American vaccine policies, behaviors, and beliefs.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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For a city, county, or special district to be eligible, these must demonstrate the alignment of the use of grant funds to enhance and expand the priorities stated in subdivision and the criteria set by the bill for tracking performance.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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BuildWyco has a few major land bank projects in the works, including a mix of styles of homes in the Douglass Sumner neighborhood, homes in north KCK near where Sutter is building and the Rivers Edge East subdivision.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Oct. 2025
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To do this, retail banks can apply advanced segmentation techniques that tap behavioral data and real-time patterns to illuminate the needs of customers.—
Jeffrey Todd,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Intelligent segmentation builds it.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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In August 1996, Queen Elizabeth issued a new letters patent to address the issue of HRH (His/Her Royal Highness) stylings following a divorce within the royal family.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Less than a year later, Hemsworth filed for divorce in August 2019, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Polarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polarization. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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