as in to fractionate
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Recent Examples of fractionalize
The trend toward fractional trading also comes at a time when stock splits—when companies with high share prices fractionalize shares to more affordable levels—have fallen out of favor (Apple is one outlier, having split its stock several times).
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Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 2 June 2020
Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 2 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractionalize
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Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture).—
WWD,
WWD,
16 Oct. 2024
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The initial wave fractionated into smaller 25-foot waves, which reverberated across the fjord for over a week.—
Carly Miller,
Forbes,
23 Sep. 2024
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Divided Society Finally, the uneven distribution of access to and benefits from humanoid technology could divide society even further.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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These changes, called genetic mutations, cause bone marrow cells to grow and divide too quickly.11 Experts don’t fully understand why these genetic mutations happen.—
Health,
Health,
24 May 2025
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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.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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His schedule became bifurcated between the two lives — early mornings sharpening, late nights cooking.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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Long connected off Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine at Forbes Field. 1968 — The American League announced the league will be split into two divisions.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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In his four years split between Jackson State and Colorado, the son of the legendary Deion Sanders threw for 14,347 yards, 134 touchdowns, and 27 interceptions, while completing 70.1 percent of his attempts.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Odd Trousers, for example, were subdivided and labeled Colorful, White, Linen, Gray Flannel, Tan, Checkered, Extra Heavy, and Corduroy.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Subtypes Of Domain-Specific Models Domain-specific models in general are subdivided into two major subtypes: (a) Domain-only type (b) Hybrid of domain & general purpose A domain-only type assumes that the model can be devised nearly exclusively based on the domain at hand.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Lyle: What was really important for us with Lottie is that there’s a tendency to want to dichotomize characters in television and film into protagonists and antagonists, or heroes and villains.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2023
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Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize.—
Gary Gilson,
Star Tribune,
10 Oct. 2020
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With a career that spanned 70 years, there are no shortage of facts about Frank Lloyd Wright to dissect.—
Carrie Hojnicki,
Architectural Digest,
21 May 2025
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Neu, who worked for Payton in personnel in 2006 with the Saints and then again from 2014-15 as New Orleans’ quarterbacks coach, has spent plenty of time the past few months breaking down film of Bryant in an effort to dissect Illinois’ offense.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 May 2025
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The measurement focuses on users from New Consumer Classification System segments A, B, and C, representing the core demographic driving streaming consumption in urban India.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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In the same report, Vizient highlights that a midwestern health system segmented their patients into three groups: loyal, splitter and uncommitted.—
Corey Scurlock,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Fractionalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionalize. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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