as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined separated the bipartite rock

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Recent Examples of bipartite The procedure was on his bipartite patella, or a two-part kneecap that didn’t fuse together at birth. Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024 Specifically, your growing child might encounter a condition called bipartite patella. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 July 2024 What the Jewish People needed, Isaac thought, was bipartite leadership. Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021 In the last week, the team has shut down sluggers Shohei Ohtani (surgery to address bipartite patella in his left knee), Justin Upton (patellar tendinitis in his right knee) and Mike Trout (Morton’s neuroma in his right foot). Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
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Adjective
  • The reason for adoption was because pregnancy exerts a dual influence on breast cancer risk.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
  • In attendance, of course, was his wife Hailey Bieber and their close friend Kendall Jenner—both aligning on a dual dress code for the evening.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 July 2025
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  • When in close binary partnerships with other stars, these stellar corpses can steal matter like a cosmic vampire.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2025
  • Technical Challenges Processing qubits—the compute units of quantum computers—that exist in thousands of states simultaneously (unlike the binary ones and zeros of classical computing) involves some seriously bleeding-edge technology.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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  • Her sister Andrea joined Days as Marlena’s twin sister Samantha Evans in 1977.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 22 July 2025
  • Carson James, Carter’s twin brother and also a junior, is a physical running back with a knack for breaking tackles.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2025

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“Bipartite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bipartite. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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