polarized

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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

American politics has almost always been polarized by party.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

There’s a similar problem with respect to statistics on racially polarized voting, and those numbers also change every election.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

By studying polarized light at different wavelengths, the researchers were able to determine the grains' size and composition.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026

Reflected light like the glare off the sea was polarized; it might be that the shadow particles, when they behaved like waves as light did, were capable of being polarized, too.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman