bifurcated

adjective

bi·fur·cat·ed ˈbī-(ˌ)fər-ˌkā-təd

bī-ˈfər-

Synonyms of bifurcated next

: divided into two branches or parts

This near-earth asteroid appears as a bifurcated structure, consisting of two distinct lobes that seem to be in contact.—

Richard P. Binzel et al.

The town is a bifurcated community—two distinct communities in one, really.—

Dennis Farney

… the strange bifurcated world of whiteness and blackness in which I was born and reared.—

William Styron

Examples of bifurcated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The rest of the film unfolds in a bifurcated fashion, cutting between the elderly Kristofer’s journey and flashbacks to his youth. —

Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 July 2024 Instead of thinking about China as having a single economy linked to the world through trade and investment, Beijing has pioneered the idea of a bifurcated economy. —

Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023 CoStar, a real estate analytics company, has also reported that Miami and Fort Lauderdale, in contrast to Palm Beach, illustrate a bifurcated market in South Florida. —

Sydney Lake, Fortune, 28 May 2024 Such is the bifurcated world of college football created in the wake of the Pac-12’s collapse. —

Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bifurcated

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