How to Use dichotomous in a Sentence
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At work, dichotomous thinkers might view their jobs and abilities in a rigid way.
—Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023
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Mann poses the wizard and the prophet as dichotomous endpoints.
—Mary Ellen Hannibal, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Jan. 2018
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The dichotomous reaction to Sam Read-Graves’ morally heavy game is a win-win.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes, 15 July 2022
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This doesn’t really represent a dichotomous shift from a black to white, A to B, or yes to no.
—Jill Sanford, Outside Online, 13 June 2018
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For me and many like me, the gamut of our decision-making is not dichotomous – to have a baby or not have a baby.
—Kwentoria A. Williams, Essence, 11 Apr. 2022
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The two story-strands come together midway in a scene that captures the book’s dichotomous mood.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2020
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None of the six is strictly dichotomous, Jordan-Young said, and the different markers don’t always align.
—Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022
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The dichotomous view of the sexes that held sway in the last century has given way to one that sees differences mainly in degree rather than kind.
—Cordelia Fine, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2017
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In dichotomous thinking like this, a single exception can tip a person’s view to one side.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
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The steampunk grandeur of the lobby at the Pearl’s Hotel Emma, dressed in the dichotomous trappings of old industrial majesty, hides luxury in plain sight.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2022
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That mistake is the cognitive error known as black-and-white thinking, also called dichotomous and all-or-none thinking.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
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Transracial adoption is often understood in dichotomous terms – a fairy tale or nightmare, an act of grace or, in one of the most extreme takes, a form of genocide.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2020
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The concept exists on a spectrum, and the two aren't dichotomous but interconnected.
—Scottie Andrew, Josiah Ryan and Caroline Kelly, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
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That moment, against a Disney-like backdrop, captured the dichotomous mood of Sin City just days after a gunman killed at least 59 people and wounded hundreds more.
—Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2017
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Being proactive and reactive aren't dichotomous choices, by the way.
—Eugene Litvak, Forbes, 1 June 2021
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Their lives become a reflection of the dichotomous belief that love is extremely dangerous and the only thing that matters.
—Remy Ramirez, Marie Claire, 9 Apr. 2021
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The world’s most stylish took a dichotomous approach to the sticky situation, choosing clothes of either such full and waft-y proportions as to barely touch the body, or dresses so tiny as to have barely anything to touch.
—Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 9 July 2018
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Here’s the next set of questions, which are drawn from research on dichotomous thinking by psychologist Atsushi Oshio.
—Shlomo Benartzi, WSJ, 20 May 2022
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These pervasive conundrums all seemingly suggest that we at times are faced with a dichotomous situation and need to choose one facet or the other.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
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While the conversation has become dichotomous and polarized, with each side blindly defending its ground, there’s a deeper debate to be had about the issue.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 2 June 2022
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As a dichotomous study of love, AudioLust & HigherLove certainly calls for a new level of confession.
—Rachel Narozniak, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2023
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The dichotomous energy between me and the other passengers seemed almost palpable: Most were here for a bachelorette party or a long weekend escape.
—Holly Patton, Vox, 11 June 2019
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Priscilla Hayner, a scholar of commissions, takes issue with the dichotomous presentation of focusing on the past versus moving on.
—Grant Tudor, The New Republic, 28 Nov. 2022
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From differences in costuming to the dichotomous emphases in training and style of movement, classical ballet epitomizes the gender binary at its most rigid.
—oregonlive, 4 June 2022
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The two towns are also dichotomous economically: Both communities are struggling to understand an act of violence that tore through them, but one is rural, and one suburban, one lower-income and one wealthy.
—Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 30 May 2018
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In Weiss’s Marat/Sade, the two historical figures embody the most radical expressions of these dichotomous forms of rebellion: the political and the individual.
—Mitchell Abidor, The New York Review of Books, 12 Feb. 2020
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Balancing dichotomous opinions on prairie dogs and public land is a taxing job for federal officials, one that requires dedication.
—Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2021
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But suggesting that hackers and feds are dichotomous and dissimilar doesn’t reflect reality.
—Sarah Scoles, Wired, 6 Aug. 2020
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Stoglin believes Cole's presence is dichotomous for his public image drawing media attention to the burgeoning league, but the musician potentially overstepped another worthy pro player's chance to earn a BAL roster spot.
—Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2021
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These journeys between government and venture may seem anomalous, but ostensibly dichotomous skill sets required for success in public service and venture capital may be more analogous than self-evident.
—Deena Shakir, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
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