How to Use bifurcation in a Sentence
bifurcation
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The only real downside, though, is the bifurcation between two venues located across town from each other.
— Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024 -
That bifurcation could happen in the next few years — or not for a decade.
— oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2022 -
The volume hinted at the shape of a skirt, but the bifurcation of the pant legs aided cycling.
— Christine Ro, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2018 -
There has been a sharp bifurcation of the right-of-center media.
— Jeet Heer, New Republic, 30 Jan. 2018 -
The Grill/Pool bifurcation extends to the dining room staff.
— Pete Wells, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017 -
But the higher pay some nannies have been able to charge masks a bifurcation in the industry.
— NBC News, 9 Apr. 2021 -
Within the world of people who care about wine, a bifurcation of drinking vessels is in progress.
— Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022 -
There is a clear bifurcation in the return-to-office story.
— Remy Raisner, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023 -
There’s been a bifurcation since then, with the mega-caps now seen by some analysts as less likely to be hurt by higher rates.
— Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 21 June 2021 -
With the one-two punch of Pulp Fiction and 12 Monkeys, the bifurcation of Willis’s screen persona became pronounced.
— Vulture, 3 Aug. 2022 -
Of course, the bifurcation of Beijing is not a capricious plot to alienate its residents.
— Mallika Sen, ajc, 5 Feb. 2022 -
The tide has been slowly shifting back away from car-centric modal bifurcation in cities worldwide.
— Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 2 Dec. 2020 -
Who will save journalism from this state of acute and unequal bifurcation?
— Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 21 Oct. 2021 -
At the same time, a bifurcation in shopping habits toward the highest and lowest ends has been bad for retailers like Macy’s that cater to midrange customers.
— Dow Jones News Service, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2017 -
In the ensuing months, a sharp — and for many, maddening — bifurcation took place as Covid-19 swept through the country in waves of mounting severity.
— NBC News, 31 Dec. 2020 -
Still, there are signs that this bifurcation is starker than in a typical slowdown, which could suggest that the better-off aren’t done spending.
— Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022 -
Clifford is in the know, drawn to the bifurcation—Lil Murda, the industry finesser, and LaMarcus, the fragile dreamer.
— Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 -
The bifurcation of body and soul has been debated and discussed for many centuries across religions and cultures.
— Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021 -
People have said that there’s a bifurcation between the economy and the stock market, but hopefully this helps the economy catch up.
— Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021 -
This bifurcation of the media poses a challenge for all tech platforms, not just YouTube, that resist taking a stand on what constitutes truth.
— Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 9 July 2018 -
The system shifts from non-chaotic to chaotic behaviors through a cascade of bifurcation points.
— Quanta Magazine, 11 Nov. 2021 -
In fact, the bifurcation effect seems to be gaining momentum.
— Scott Galloway, Esquire, 8 Feb. 2018 -
Koh wanted to know how to identify and predict bifurcation points.
— Quanta Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024 -
Koh wanted to know how to identify and predict bifurcation points.
— Leila Sloman, WIRED, 5 May 2024 -
Popular on Variety The bifurcation of sound and image seems, at times, like the only way to adequately capture the sheer breadth of a story this vast.
— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 9 May 2024 -
Judge Chhabria said that while a bifurcation order in court trials is unusual and should be granted with caution, it was warranted in this case.
— Donato Paolo Mancini, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2019 -
Social media platforms have become the chief culprit for this bifurcation, and for sound reason.
— Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 21 Mar. 2017 -
Despite having some undeniably great moments, Chainz’s take on the sports-rap bifurcation didn’t hold up in the weight of its ambition and was missing the controlled chaos that made Chainz such a force in the early 2010s.
— Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2022 -
Level 2 refers to minutiae or small details, such as bifurcations, endings, eyes and hooks.
— Partha Banerjee, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024 -
The Huawei fallout could lead to the bifurcation of global markets into two incompatible 5G camps (see map).
— The Economist, 11 July 2019
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