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Recent Examples of atomization
Chinamaxxing romanticizes things that feel structurally out of reach at home — compact, affordable-looking apartments; public transit that works; streets safe to walk at night; multigenerational households as an antidote to loneliness; communal meals as an antidote to atomization.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
The atomization of society begins with your morning coffee.
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Jakub Grygiel,
Washington Post,
9 Mar. 2026
Neoliberalism wants atomization, managing our own human capital.
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Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
But his real breakthrough went beyond atomization.
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Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
The problem is the infernal force of atomization that is running all over us.
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James Parker,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
Such atomization is a metastasizing problem.
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Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
The atomization of society begins with your morning coffee.
—
Jakub Grygiel,
Washington Post,
9 Mar. 2026
Neoliberalism wants atomization, managing our own human capital.
—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
But his real breakthrough went beyond atomization.
—
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
The problem is the infernal force of atomization that is running all over us.
—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
Such atomization is a metastasizing problem.
—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atomization
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This cross-cultural mingling has arrived amid a period of increasing global polarization and skepticism toward newcomers, according to this year’s trust barometer released by the Edelman Trust Institute.
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Yuzu and mandarin give it a charming hello, while ginger and pink pepper cut through its powdery elements and prevent polarization.
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Their image quality is further enhanced by the inclusion of Canon’s proprietary UD (ultra-low dispersion) lens elements and Super Spectra coating.
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Since April 2026, world stock market return dispersion has hit levels not seen since the peak of the dotcom bubble.
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Authorities also found numerous dead animals in advanced stages of decomposition, including hundreds of chickens that investigators said had been discarded in bags and fed to the dogs, according to The Straits Times and The Standard.
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Investigators also found additional remains in advanced stages of decomposition, the sheriff’s office said.
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Transformers, diffusion models, state space models and mixture-of-experts are not interchangeable.
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Other people emphasize the rules and regulations slowing down diffusion and stymieing change.
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The eastern flank of the fire also made a significant push north, but fire crews were able to protect the Glade Ranch subdivision and Benchmark Lookout, Cook said.
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Superior Court Judge Alex Manning issued the order June 15 prohibiting the county’s top administrator from getting close to Amit Mehrotra, a neighbor in the Ellard subdivision in Roswell, and from harassing or intimidating Mehrotra or his family.
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As the evolution of stadium concessions has grown, driven by increasing scale, fan segmentation across ticketing types and a heightened expectation of food quality and variety, stadium design allowed for the changes.
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Professional is the high-end plan that includes all Free and Standard features, plus advanced segmentation, advanced drag-and-drop workflows, pop-up forms, batch sending, time zone sends, and optimal time sends.
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The Israeli military told NPR that during an operation in Nablus, Palestinians had thrown rocks at the soldiers who responded with what the military called crowd-dispersal measures and later with live fire.
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These sweet fruits attract birds and other animals in the summer, which encourages seed dispersal and the rapid spread of the plants through their feces.
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What links certain mathematical models of traffic flow, shallow-water waves, and quantum particle scattering?
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Distance, absorption, scattering, reflection, and insertion losses all reduce signal strength.
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“Atomization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atomization. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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