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Recent Examples of polarization
Wallach argues that the Founders intended Congress to defuse the kind of polarization currently vexing our politics.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
In addition to the buildup and trajectory of the lightning bolts, the researchers measured the polarization, or direction, of the electrical current that made up the lightning and compared these two data sets.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Another is the entrenched political polarization of our time.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
In an era of polarization, war, and crisis, stress shrinks our capacity for empathy.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
In addition to the buildup and trajectory of the lightning bolts, the researchers measured the polarization, or direction, of the electrical current that made up the lightning and compared these two data sets.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Another is the entrenched political polarization of our time.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
In an era of polarization, war, and crisis, stress shrinks our capacity for empathy.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polarization
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President Wants ‘Fair Deals’ With Other Countries—But Unlikely Before Midnight Deadline Google’s Android Update—Bad News For Samsung And Pixel Users How does diffusion work?—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In February, John Smedley launched a diffusion line, JS by John Smedley, which is sold exclusively at John Lewis, that retails for $56 to $239, below the average of $305 in its core line.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Look for an even wider dispersion than usual in these projections.—
Neil Irwin,
Axios,
18 Mar. 2025
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That index, constructed by academics, reflects newspaper reports about government policy, expiring tax code provisions and dispersion of economic forecasts.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Blue Ghost’s Lunar Sunrise This Raleigh scattering sees blue and violet short-wavelength light strike atoms in Earth's atmosphere and scatter while long-wavelength red and orange light bends onto the lunar surface.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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To manage through an era of... Post Sinking consumer sentiment, wobbly financial markets, and a scattering of disappointing macroeconomic data are stoking fears of a U.S. recession.—
Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak,
Harvard Business Review,
14 Mar. 2025
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In recent months, Pembroke officials have heard developers pitch new subdivisions with 360 homes each.—
Patrik Jonsson,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Apr. 2025
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Weber said about half their residents are rural and the other half live in subdivisions.—
Catrina Barker | The Center Square contributor,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Apr. 2025
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Beneath the surface, the campaign was a mess, lacking keyword segmentation, conversion tracking and meaningful optimizations.—
Anthony Chiaravallo,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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China’s distribution system usually entails films being made available to all Chinese cinemas simultaneously, with no efforts at audience segmentation.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Spelling first filed for divorce on March 29, 2024.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Stage 4: Resentment continues to build until one or both partners may begin to see divorce as the only way out.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Since the departures of Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley, Judgment Day has lacked its previous momentum, prompting hope for either a revitalization of the group or a dispersal of its members to pursue individual storylines.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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This is less sound economic policymaking than the arbitrary dispersal of favors.—
David B. McGarry,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2025
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The distribution of payments depends on which day of the month a retiree was born.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Mar. 2025
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In 1983, New Line Cinema acquired distribution rights.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Polarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polarization. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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