as in dividing
formal
to undergo division into two parts
The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels.
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Recent Examples of bifurcating
At the same time, the enterprise AI market is bifurcating.
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Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Levanon’s reading of the labor data is that the economy is bifurcating in a specific and underreported way.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
Defendants misleading sales and advertising practices, along with bifurcating sales and marketing against the operation of the rental Program and debt enforcement, allowed Defendants to offload their supply of aging and stagnant inventory at an unlawful premium.
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Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
The lens surface gradually transitions in prescription strength, with no lines bifurcating your vision.
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Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Levanon’s reading of the labor data is that the economy is bifurcating in a specific and underreported way.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
Defendants misleading sales and advertising practices, along with bifurcating sales and marketing against the operation of the rental Program and debt enforcement, allowed Defendants to offload their supply of aging and stagnant inventory at an unlawful premium.
—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
The lens surface gradually transitions in prescription strength, with no lines bifurcating your vision.
—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bifurcating
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The one-time 5% tax on the state’s billionaires has rocked Sacramento in recent months, sharply dividing Democrats and splintering labor coalitions.
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According to Steele, the bankruptcy trustee is now dividing the company’s assets, and the Cooper residents will likely only recover a small amount from the electric company.
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After nine years playing in the majors, Hoffman took up coaching in the Dodgers’ minor league farm system, splitting time between managing and coordinating field instruction for player development.
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The ampd YouTube dashboard lets clients drill down from a national overview to a single channel, splitting any metric by age, gender, income and region, and switching the view between reach, hours watched and individual titles.
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Khushboo Gupta, vice president of policy at PETA India, said the aesthetic appeal of live elephants doesn’t justify shackling, beating and separating them from their families.
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This process involves removing fuel, managing radiological controls, separating the hull, demilitarizing, and recycling.
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