as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined separated the bipartite rock

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Recent Examples of bipartite The procedure was on his bipartite patella, or a two-part kneecap that didn’t fuse together at birth. Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024 Specifically, your growing child might encounter a condition called bipartite patella. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 July 2024 What the Jewish People needed, Isaac thought, was bipartite leadership. Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021 In the last week, the team has shut down sluggers Shohei Ohtani (surgery to address bipartite patella in his left knee), Justin Upton (patellar tendinitis in his right knee) and Mike Trout (Morton’s neuroma in his right foot). Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
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Adjective
  • The dual meaning of the phrase (one-off vs. one off) seemed like a fun mathematical twist for some self-referential clues.
    Deb Amlen, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The Financial Times reported on Monday, citing sources, that US officials had brought up the case of Tate and his brother Tristan, both former kickboxers with dual US and British citizenship, in a phone call to the Romanian government.
    Reuters, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Some members of the group are transgender, or have rejected binary sexuality.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Most games got 64-bit binary support, scalable HUD graphics, borderless window options, and the like.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Shoppers can choose from a plethora of colors, including neutrals such as navy blue and brown, and pastel spring-ready hues such as sky blue, all of which are available in sizes twin to oversized king.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Rewind to the 2018 SAG awards when a very young MBB wore her hair in twin buns with black ribbon adornments, and then again in 2020 with some crystal studs.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Bipartite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bipartite. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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