polarize
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That’s because the monarch positions himself above politics and tries to be as uncontroversial as possible—a figure to unify rather than polarize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
These collisions cause them to polarize away from each other and move in opposite directions.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
I admired their desire to try to use media to show messy nuance and truths to bring people together, especially at a time when so many documentaries seem designed to polarize and demonize people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
The plan, sure to polarize the sport, addresses a growing concern by some that the game is getting too long.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
Most sugar solutions, however, will require the addition of a clarifying or decolorizing agent in order to render them sufficiently clear and colorless to polarize.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various
Predictably, however, the one topic that invariably polarizes the online community is Nazi typewriters … especially those sporting the “special key.”
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024
Although his career polarizes opinions in his country despite his achievements, Álvarez is revered by the majority in Guadalajara.
From Washington Times ● May 2, 2023
Still, Macy’s portfolio of businesses from Bloomingdale’s to it’s off-price Backstage and wide range of prices offer a big advantage over other retailers as consumer behavior polarizes.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
A nerve impulse opens the K+ channel, which makes K+ enter the cell and polarizes the membrane.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Tourmaline polarizes light sent through its sides and becomes positively electrified at one end while being heated.
From The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena by A. E. (Amos Emerson) Dolbear
The paper titled "Vacuum birefringence and the polarized X-ray emission of a radio magnetar" has been published in Nature.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
The sky-high dollar figures expose a market that is polarized, the report said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
It is amazing that on this polarized court, which can agree on nothing, we got a unanimous decision that day-drinking is a good thing.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
The interview quickly racked up over 1.1 million views in less than 24 hours and was accompanied by a flood of YouTube comments praising Owens for humanizing addiction and bringing hope to a polarized nation.
From Salon ● May 23, 2026
They stored crystals in their eyes to detect polarized light.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Mr. Gervais, whose eagerness to offend has made him something of a polarizing comic commodity, isn’t doing anything here that will damage his brand as a provocateur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
She earned her second Emmy in 2021 for her blistering turn as polarizing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Crown.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Arnault has long been a polarizing figure in France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The fact that Jane Wickline, a featured player on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ is so polarizing is, in its way, a recommendation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
They wore shiny, textured gray-blue suits and wide ties and sported long sideburns and slightly too large brown- tinted polarizing glasses.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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