as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined separated the bipartite rock

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Recent Examples of bipartite The procedure was on his bipartite patella, or a two-part kneecap that didn’t fuse together at birth. Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024 Specifically, your growing child might encounter a condition called bipartite patella. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 July 2024 What the Jewish People needed, Isaac thought, was bipartite leadership. Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021 In the last week, the team has shut down sluggers Shohei Ohtani (surgery to address bipartite patella in his left knee), Justin Upton (patellar tendinitis in his right knee) and Mike Trout (Morton’s neuroma in his right foot). Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
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Adjective
  • This dual approach allows the company to cater to a wide range of customer needs.
    GuruFocus, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The big deal: The Heat’s dual starting big men both took care of business on the boards, with Adebayo and Kel’el Ware playing the Hawks to a standoff in that facet.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Voters can only express approval or disapproval through binary voting choices; this all-or-nothing feedback mechanism does not allow a voter to distinguish between a politician's stance on healthcare, foreign policy, or conduct.
    Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • According to the binary conversion, one terabyte is equal to 1,024 gigabytes.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Two years later, Cooper and his twin brother, Ace, arrived.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • His twin brother, who also worked as a volleyball coach in Placer County, was arrested on suspicion of oral copulation with a victim under the age of 18.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2025

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“Bipartite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bipartite. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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