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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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The decision to bifurcate the position came after consulting with good governance groups, the public and city departments, Andrades said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2026

What identical twins do — be they the Mantles or the Peterses — is bifurcate desire.

From New York Times Feb. 12, 2024

“I told the staff at the White House today that our consensus among House Republicans is that we need to bifurcate those issues,” Mr. Johnson said Thursday in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.

From Washington Times Oct. 27, 2023

"History is going to bifurcate along two directions. One path is we stay on Earth forever, and then there will be some eventual extinction event," Musk said in 2016.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2023

I need to know that ramify and bifurcate are synonyms, if they even are?

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Figure 30.9 The trachea bifurcates into the right and left bronchi in the lungs.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Finally, speciation refers to branching, when one species bifurcates into two different species.

From Scientific American Sep. 16, 2019

In Arizona, west of Nogales, the border wall bifurcates the lands of the Tohono O’odham people, who live on the second-largest reservation in the United States.

From The New Yorker Mar. 4, 2019

Picture it: In the actors’ quarters a single hallway bifurcates six small dressing rooms, housing our cast of 26.

From New York Times Aug. 5, 2014

The tendon bifurcates at approximately the middle of the first phalanx.

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by William B. Stallcup

Jason Lemkin, founder of a SaaS organization called SaaStr, said the industry has bifurcated into companies that have embraced AI and are growing and others who haven’t and are struggling.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Advocates say other cities have bifurcated offices, and splitting it could reduce conflict and provide a clear delineation of roles.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

The country's growth model "has bifurcated into two distinct trends: weakening domestic demand and a shining performance in high-tech products", she said.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

On the other end of the spectrum, credit-card debt has risen to a record $1.3 trillion and more people are falling behind on payments, suggesting growing stress in an increasingly bifurcated economy.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

The AEC chairman could not imagine how a bifurcated weapons program would operate or how the reduction in responsibility for the Super would affect morale on the New Mexico mesa.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

“Stocks are reflecting our bifurcating ‘Tale of Two Economies’ view, where booming AI fixed investment is outperforming squeezed consumers.”

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Ziwei Cong, a marketing professor at Georgetown University, sees AI slop bifurcating the internet.

From MarketWatch Dec. 29, 2025

“It’s this network where branches are bifurcating but also merging back together to create new species.”

From Science Magazine Apr. 17, 2024

The diminutive title hints at gentleness but also forecasts shapes: bifurcating, riverine.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2022

Drosera binata, with its linear and bifurcating leaves, is in an intermediate condition.

From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin




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