fractionalization

noun

Definition of fractionalizationnext
as in split
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces new technology has led to the fractionalization of the product's traditional market

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  1. split
  2. dissolution
  3. breakup
  4. partition
  5. division
  6. separation
Noun
  • Her father had left, forcing a split between Freeman and the paternal side of her family.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Hitters weren’t even hitting Matsui hard (see stat to note) and the splits were rather even (.673 OPS against lefties vs. .659), but the stuff certainly didn’t play as well in the United States as the diminutive Matsui’s strikeout rate fell from 12.0 per nine innings to 9.9.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of split
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  • In the meantime, Trudeau said Canada's governor general had accepted his request to prorogue Parliament, suspending proceedings without the dissolution of parliament, until March 24.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Any business left unfinished at the time of dissolution will fall away, and any bills that have not received royal assent cannot be carried over to the new government.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of dissolution
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  • The news signifies a breakup just one year into a massive, three-year contract extension Sporting KC gave Pulido after his 2023 campaign, when the striker returned from a yearlong injury absence to score 14 goals, leading a dramatic turnaround in the MLS standings.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Suspicions of a breakup arose when Austin Butler was absent at the model’s annual family trip to Cabo San Lucas.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of breakup
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  • Lahore 1947 Filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi is making his new film, and the focus of the new project is the India-Pakistan partition that took place in 1947.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
  • This required Navajos still residing on Hopi partition lands to sign a 75-year lease with the Hopi Tribe.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of partition
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  • This finding has led researchers such as Christopher Walsh, the chief of the genetics and genomics division at Boston Children’s Hospital, to consider what other brain disorders might arise from somatic mutations.
    Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The Eagles had their bye week in Week 5, and returned from a 2-2 start to win 10 straight games and seize control of the division.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of division
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  • Certain moments from the season stand out in this regard, where gaining separation hasn’t been quite as easy.
    John Hollinger, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
  • This process blesses the host’s entire extended family, as only the destitute beggar who is without family has the power to protect them from separation or spiritual misfortune.
    Nyya Toussaint / Made by History, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
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