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as in divergence
a movement in different directions away from a common point
a thoughtful book about the nation's bifurcation into two distinct and antagonistic cultures
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as in split
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces
a divisive issue that caused the bifurcation of the political party
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Recent Examples of bifurcation
However, the bifurcation of the market — with investors moving out of tech, momentum, and cyclicals and into defensives — may be obscuring the Oscillator’s reading.
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
With its ability to overcome first the devastation of war, and secondly the bifurcation orchestrated by geopolitical chess players, Berlin didn’t get to 75 by giving in to gloom and doom.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
This bifurcation could be particularly pronounced during periods of market stress, potentially leading to pricing discrepancies and arbitrage opportunities.
—Alexandra Andhov, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
This bifurcation first became apparent in 2023, when the VanEck fund outperformed the iShares ETF by nearly 7 percentage points.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2024
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
With its ability to overcome first the devastation of war, and secondly the bifurcation orchestrated by geopolitical chess players, Berlin didn’t get to 75 by giving in to gloom and doom.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
This bifurcation could be particularly pronounced during periods of market stress, potentially leading to pricing discrepancies and arbitrage opportunities.
—Alexandra Andhov, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
This bifurcation first became apparent in 2023, when the VanEck fund outperformed the iShares ETF by nearly 7 percentage points.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bifurcation
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In May 2015, the NYSE All A/D line formed a negative divergence that resulted in a 12% decline that ended in August 2015.—
Tom Aspray,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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But beyond the personality issues, there has been a divergence in policy between the Dutertes and Marcoses.—
Lisandro Claudio,
The Conversation,
12 Mar. 2025
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Indeed 44% of the respondents surveyed think that AI’s effect on individual agency and ability to act independently is likely to be more negative than positive with only 16% predicting a fairly equal split between positive and negative change.—
Tracey Follows,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Proponents of the split argue that Cyber Command has become too big on its own to have to share a leader with a similarly large organization.—
Sam Sabin,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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Every good film is, to some degree, a transporting experience—a dissolution of boundaries between here and there, then and now.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
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As President Donald Trump pursues the dissolution of the Department of Education, local leaders are scrambling to understand how staffing cuts and the potential loss of federal funding will affect schools.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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After defeating Costa, Erceg moved up to No. 12 in the division.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Little Feat, the archetypal ’70s band originally formed by Lowell George — a guitar virtuoso fired from the Mothers of Invention by Frank Zappa — has survived years of breakups, drug problems and even George’s untimely death in 1979.—
Dave Brooks,
Billboard,
3 Apr. 2025
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While the two, who got engaged in 2022, have kept their romance mostly private, breakup rumors swirled when Sweeney recently deleted a photo of Davino from her Instagram.—
Robyn Merrett,
StyleCaster,
2 Apr. 2025
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Most of the building damage from Friday’s quake was nonstructural, hitting partition walls, fixtures, electricity and plumbing, Alam said.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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The spacious interior has tons of extra features to make packing stress-free, including compression straps to hold your clothes and shoes down, zipper compartments, mesh pockets, and a partition for convenient extra organization.—
Megan Schaltegger,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Feb. 2025
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If the plaintiffs say that the dismantling of USAID violates the constitutional separation of powers, those claims should be directed at the administration, the appeals court suggested.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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Moves like this challenge the separation of powers and the politicization of regulatory agencies.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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But Trump’s return to power has also laid bare a schism between the Left and the more pragmatic party leadership.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Mar. 2025
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Of course, there is now a clear schism among the major firms Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are fighting.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Bifurcation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bifurcation. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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