bifurcating

verb

present participle of bifurcate
as in dividing
formal to undergo division into two parts The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels.

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Recent Examples of bifurcating At the same time, the enterprise AI market is bifurcating. — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Levanon’s reading of the labor data is that the economy is bifurcating in a specific and underreported way. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026 Defendants misleading sales and advertising practices, along with bifurcating sales and marketing against the operation of the rental Program and debt enforcement, allowed Defendants to offload their supply of aging and stagnant inventory at an unlawful premium. — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026 The lens surface gradually transitions in prescription strength, with no lines bifurcating your vision. — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bifurcating
  1. dividing
  2. splitting
  3. separating
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  • This multiversal collapse not only erodes the walls dividing fictions but also reconfigures the interface between fiction and reality.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • After being securely held for nearly four decades by one of the most preeminent politicians in California history, the House seat to represent bright blue San Francisco in Congress is up for grabs in November — and dividing the Democratic Party.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of dividing
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  • Now the focus shifts to at least splitting Games 1 and 2 at State Farm Arena.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In 2007, the group adopted a holding-company structure, splitting SK Corporation into SK Holdings, which held stakes in group affiliates, and SK Energy, which took over its energy and chemicals businesses.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of splitting
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  • After separating earlier this year, the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star filed for divorce Wednesday, citing irreconcilable differences.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In all of these cases, however, separating the steel belt plies and bead cores from the rubber treads and sidewalls is a time- and labor-intensive process.
    — Ben Coxworth October 07, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
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“Bifurcating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bifurcating. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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