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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.
—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
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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The mass audience is now fragmented, there is more polarization of content, and the line between news and entertainment has blurred.—
Kirstin Pellizzaro,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Yet, as throngs of people strolled the three-block downtown on a recent April weekend, past American flag streamers, patriotic bunting and red brick colonial buildings, there was scant visible evidence of that polarization.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This proprietary approach overcomes challenges of surface treatment and dispersion associated with the material.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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Goldman notes that the three-month realized pairwise correlation among the major AI hyperscalers—Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle—has fallen sharply, with rising dispersion among the dominant names.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cutting up large or coarse ingredients like banana peels will speed up their decomposition.—
Jessica Damiano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Turn the pile regularly to aerate the pile and speed up decomposition.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, a diffusion model learned the finer details like small eddies and flows.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
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Inference costs are also now a major pressure point—one that may significantly slow AI diffusion across large enterprises.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says its investigators executed a search warrant April 29 in the River Forest subdivision as part of a multi-state drug operation.—
CBS News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The council also gave its formal approval of a settlement with Olthof Homes, which will pay $38,500 to the town from a 2022 case for stormwater violations found at the Springdale subdivision construction site.—
Amy Lavalley,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Viva’s owner, Grupo IAMSA, also operates a giant bus network and was fined in an antitrust investigation for monopolistic practices related to price manipulation and route segmentation in 2022.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The system begins by separating objects from the background using semantic segmentation.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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What Remains Unknown Zagury noted in her Mongabay interview that much is still unknown — particularly the extent to which toucans actually drive seed dispersal and forest regrowth.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
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Scientists are continuing to study exactly how much the toucans are driving seed dispersal and long-term forest regrowth.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2026
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Grab a small basket or tray and fill it with things like tea, a candle, lotion, a favorite snack, a handwritten note or a scattering of flower petals.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Also, to verify this delicate arrangement, the researchers used powerful experimental tools, including neutron scattering and synchrotron radiation, which can probe magnetic structures at the atomic level.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Atomization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atomization. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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