as in to dissociate
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Recent Examples of fractionate
Dent corn is fractionated into its various elements (starch, protein/germ, oil and moisture).
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WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
The initial wave fractionated into smaller 25-foot waves, which reverberated across the fjord for over a week.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
In this relational void, where the story often feels fractionated rather than woven, the wildfire itself emerges as the book's main character.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
Native uses wholesome ingredients like shea butter, tapioca starch, and fractionated coconut oil (which is less messy and absorbs more easily into your skin than regular coconut oil).
—Leeron Horry, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2019
Perhaps each particle is free to fractionate into millions of dispersed parts in its own private cosmic wormhole, until a measurement forces it to become whole at some particular location, chosen probabilistically.
—Quanta Magazine, 16 Feb. 2017
Buzz: With the help of Botox and fractionated lasers, doctors can erase lines and wrinkles on the chest and even sharpen the appearance of cleavage.
—Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Dec. 2018
WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
The initial wave fractionated into smaller 25-foot waves, which reverberated across the fjord for over a week.
—Carly Miller, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
In this relational void, where the story often feels fractionated rather than woven, the wildfire itself emerges as the book's main character.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
Native uses wholesome ingredients like shea butter, tapioca starch, and fractionated coconut oil (which is less messy and absorbs more easily into your skin than regular coconut oil).
—Leeron Horry, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2019
Perhaps each particle is free to fractionate into millions of dispersed parts in its own private cosmic wormhole, until a measurement forces it to become whole at some particular location, chosen probabilistically.
—Quanta Magazine, 16 Feb. 2017
Buzz: With the help of Botox and fractionated lasers, doctors can erase lines and wrinkles on the chest and even sharpen the appearance of cleavage.
—Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractionate
Verb
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Shonda Rhimes and Issa Rae have both made moves to dissociate from The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as President Trump takes over.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Since many Tesla owners want to dissociate themselves from the CEO, one company that sells such stickers claimed to be selling hundreds of them a day.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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This is also the reason that Paso Robles is subdivided into 11 American Viticultural Areas or AVAs.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2025
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Some parts of the brain subdivided the experience into shorter segments.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
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This will be used as a proof point by both venture capital optimists and pessimists, as industry sentiment gets increasingly bifurcated.—
Lucinda Shen,
Axios,
27 Mar. 2025
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Without the long corridor bifurcating the building, more units can have windows on multiple walls, which improves air flow and lets in more natural light.—
Adam A. Millsap,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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This technique, which involves dissecting the stomachs of euthanized animals, provides a snapshot of their recent meals.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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But under recent case law — including the Structured Asset Sales v. Sheeran decision — courts have become increasingly focused on what can be dissected and filtered out on paper, rather than what is felt through the music itself.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The new retrospective is divided into seven chapters that showcase different thematic or formal aspects of Abercrombie’s career, including the miniatures and still lifes that are often overlooked.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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What stood out the most about these containers is its tri-compartment feature that inherently divides it up into a bento-box style container—clearly ideal for including three different foods for meal prepping.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The facility offers a variety of track configurations, of which IndyCar utilized the Twin Palm circuit, with its component South Palm and North Palm circuits split by the pit lane, IndyCar garages, the Motorsports Village and more.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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At the time the law was passed, civil society inside Russia itself was split.—
Anastasiya Zavyalova,
The Conversation,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Lyle: What was really important for us with Lottie is that there’s a tendency to want to dichotomize characters in television and film into protagonists and antagonists, or heroes and villains.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2023
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Worse examples: resystematize, transparentize, essentialize, rightsize, dichotomize.—
Gary Gilson,
Star Tribune,
10 Oct. 2020
Verb
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The American Hospital Association has also told its members that until a patch is available, hospitals should make sure the monitor no longer has access to the internet, and is segmented from the rest of the network.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2025
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Most networks these days are segmented, meaning each device and account has access only to the resources needed to perform specific tasks assigned.—
Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Fractionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractionate. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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