How to Use polarization in a Sentence

polarization

noun
  • The solution to racial polarization is a return to the founding principles of our nation.
    Larry P. Arnn, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2022
  • And this polarization itself can be severely stressful.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 18 July 2024
  • Does this cynicism epitomize the unchecked polarization that drives our media and politics?
    Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
  • In addition to polarization, another factor is at play, Kollman said.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Much of that research has focused on reducing political polarization.
    Sara Novak, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Here’s an election prediction that’s easy to make: Feelings of polarization in our country will only deepen after Tuesday’s midterms.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The goal was to use data on the polarization of light around a black hole that was captured using the EHT to determine if a black hole was a traversable wormhole or not.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Are voters disenchanted with the polarization of politics?
    Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The events of the last few days have only added to the sense of polarization in Pakistani society.
    Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2023
  • For me, there’s a polarization, which always had a sense of theater.
    Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 13 Dec. 2023
  • But this time a record number of seats – more than 300 – produced a three-way run-off, in a measure of France’s polarization.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 7 July 2024
  • The key turned out to be combining that method with observing the polarization of these fields.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Most of all, there’s a sense of Houser’s own wide-eyed dismay at the polarization of talk radio and cable news.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The polarization of cultures is most evident within small and mid-cap PE firms, where women thrive 50% of the time.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 June 2024
  • But like much of the West, the country may be entering a new era of polarization and more bitter politics.
    Catarina Fernandes Martins, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The sensor resistance tells us how much power the field contains, and the power tells us its polarization.
    Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • That polarization has led people to shift their support for the court based on their perceptions of the court’s partisan leanings.
    Jessica A. Schoenherr, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Paula Suárez, 29, a doctor and left-wing candidate for local office in Barcelona with the Sumar coalition, said the polarization in the country was entrenched.
    Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 22 July 2023
  • In a time of political polarization and war, are some things off-limits?
    George Gurley, New York Times, 21 June 2024
  • Researchers say the result of this growing polarization is clear: The nation’s overall health profile is going from bad to worse.
    Akilah Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Coming up, after some extreme weather across the country, a closer look at the roots of polarization over climate change.
    ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • For a Brit, Wolf has a respectable grasp of the arc of modern American politics and the source of the polarization and dysfunction that now grip its capital.
    Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Francis’s nearly 10 years as pope have been defined by opposition and deepened polarization — not just with rank-and-file Catholics, but with those in the highest ranks of the church.
    Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
  • This polarization has in some ways overshadowed the excitement of the prospect of electing the country’s first female leader.
    Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2024
  • As political polarization worsened, the group convinced donors to give them money to help bridge the divide.
    James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
  • The mayor said he was frustrated with the direction of the country and blamed Republicans and Democrats for the nation’s polarization.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Attempts at legislative remedies will fail in the face of polarization.
    Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The Turkish president has mastered the art of polarization like few others.
    Time, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The number of voters in the U.S. who truly swing back and forth between parties has shrunk in this age of intense political polarization.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Inequality and poverty will increase at a time of polarization in which the middle classes have been battered for decades, while the wealthy have become even more so.
    Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022

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