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Recent Examples of atomization
But his real breakthrough went beyond atomization.
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Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
One of Wallace’s driving anxieties, a black thread running through this novel, was that television addiction (including his own) was inducing brain rot, social atomization, and spiritual death.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 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
Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
One of Wallace’s driving anxieties, a black thread running through this novel, was that television addiction (including his own) was inducing brain rot, social atomization, and spiritual death.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 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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The polarization penalty, the cost paid for treating gender equity as a culture war issue rather than a balance sheet issue, is costing the nation solvency.—
Katica Roy,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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This year’s Mido marked the first edition since VSP Vision, parent of Marchon Eyewear, completed its acquisition of Marcolin, creating a new eyewear powerhouse seen fueling the polarization of the sector.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
9 Feb. 2026
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To minimize chromatic aberration, the smart telescope is outfitted with a four-element apochromatic lens with extra-low-dispersion (ED) glass.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Jan. 2026
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This kind of dispersion from advanced markets like Japan to emerging economies like South Africa illustrates why a global lens matters.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The team is using a process called thermal decomposition to unlock the chemical secrets of neptunium.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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Slower decomposition of food scraps can attract rodents and other unwanted critters.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
1 Feb. 2026
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These equations represent phenomena that vary across space but not time, such as the pressure of water flowing through rock, the distribution of stress on a bridge, or the diffusion of nutrients in a tumor.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Feb. 2026
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At the heart of many AI image generators are machine learning algorithms known as diffusion models.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Edgewater Stormwater Project replaces a culvert under the old railroad north of the Edgewater subdivision.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Saturday, in a subdivision near the intersection of Jerimoth and Cuddington drives in east Charlotte.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Feb. 2026
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This is a tunnel to nowhere and just a part of a much larger plan costing tens of billions more, but segmentation isn’t permitted under the law for funding purposes.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
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In health and wellness, machine learning already powers drug discovery, patient segmentation, and outcome tracking.—
Aisha Alves,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles police issued a dispersal order Wednesday after a massive student protest over federal immigration enforcement efforts spiraled into violence in downtown LA.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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More demonstrators were also reported near Temple and Alameda streets by the federal building, where a dispersal order was issued.—
Anissa Rivera,
Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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To address the challenge, the researchers turned to neutron scattering.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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This phenomenon happens because blue light undergoes stronger atmospheric scattering than red light, and as a result, red is the most dominant color as sunlight passes through our atmosphere and reaches the moon.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Atomization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atomization. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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