polarization

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Recent Examples of polarization Polling suggests many voters believe the country is deeply divided and that polarization is expanding across the 50 states. Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2026 This structure enhances polarization and draws in even more water, strengthening the material’s ability to generate electricity under humid conditions. Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026 Increasingly, cities across Broward County are experiencing the same polarization and division that has seeped into national politics. Denise Horland, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 Mirroring some national trends, the Johnson County city saw increasing hostility and polarization around local issues in recent years — particularly around the city’s attempts to build a community center, address its affordable housing shortage and create city budgets. Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for polarization
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarization
Noun
  • Cutting up large or coarse ingredients like banana peels will speed up their decomposition.
    Jessica Damiano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Turn the pile regularly to aerate the pile and speed up decomposition.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, a diffusion model learned the finer details like small eddies and flows.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • This proprietary approach overcomes challenges of surface treatment and dispersion associated with the material.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The atomization of society begins with your morning coffee.
    Jakub Grygiel, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • The system begins by separating objects from the background using semantic segmentation.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Most of the people building divorce and breakup registries are women.
    Devika Rao, TheWeek, 27 Apr. 2026
  • After a difficult stretch marked by divorce, job loss and becoming an empty nester, Byrdsong found peace in potting plants.
    La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Polarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polarization. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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