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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The researchers used a single high radiation dose, whereas human treatments are usually fractionated – that is, given in smaller doses over time.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Oct. 2025
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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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Iran has effectively bifurcated the strait between its traditional Navy and the more aggressive Revolutionary Guard.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
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By the end of the 20th century, the assignments bifurcated.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Density can be measured by dividing mass by volume.—
Heather Barker,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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In Costa’s vision, the city was to be divided into several sectors.—
Sophia La Banca,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Mar. 2026
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Two years ago, a firm brought the council plans to subdivide the northwest section of the mall property to build a hotel, but that project has yet to materialize.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Then came waves of railroad workers—Scandinavian, Irish, especially—renting rooms in an ever-altering house, subdivided into two units, then three; even the house number changed..—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The 85th Academy Awards in 2013 is the last time two nominees split a category.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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After Aaron Gordon split a pair of free throws, Jones and Cam Johnson successfully executed the foul-up-three strategy on consecutive Laker possessions, only for the free throw to go awry.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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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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The report also investigated genre trends in 2025 to further dissect audience preferences.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2026
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His medical records, bank records, and personal family history were dissected, mocked, and vilified.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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If a judge overturned Tuesday’s court ruling to extend polling place times, the provisional ballots would help election officials segment out votes cast after polls were originally scheduled to close.—
Jamie Landers,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Its trailing branches are flat, green and segmented without sharp spines.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Fractionalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionalize. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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