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bifurcate

[bahy-fer-keyt, bahy-fur-keyt, bahy-fer-kit, bahy-fur-] / ˈbaɪ fərˌkeɪt, baɪˈfɜr keɪt, ˈbaɪ fər kɪt, baɪˈfɜr- /


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But some companies cautioned that consumers are increasingly bifurcated, with high income households spending strongly while younger and lower-income consumers are under strain.

From The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. has kept growing despite a “two-speed” or bifurcated economy — but any prolonged slump on Wall Street could threaten the status quo.

From MarketWatch

“If you listen to the earnings calls or the reports of big, public consumer-facing companies, many of them are saying that there’s a bifurcated economy,” Powell said after last month’s Fed policy meeting.

From Barron's

The oil complex is “grinding forward on a bifurcated narrative” of tight product supplies against “what’s supposed to be a looser crude market,” Neil Crosby of Sparta Commodities says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal

The entertainment industry has gotten really confusing and bifurcated.

From The Wall Street Journal