as in divided
formal
to undergo division into two parts
The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels.
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Recent Examples of bifurcated
These goals may appear bifurcated, but they will become increasingly intertwined in the years ahead.
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Gary Roughead, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
It’s also oddly bifurcated into two noticeably chunks, with the first half focusing on Hank and Yvonne’s tender but touchy, highly tectchy relationship and the second half leaning into the gonzo forward momentum of a get-the-dough crime flick.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
The judge has since bifurcated the case.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Notably, spending is bifurcated among income levels, with lower- and middle-income customers spending less than last year and affluent customers spending more than before.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bifurcated
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Iran’s opposition is weak, divided, largely in exile.—
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But our fragmented media landscape and the dominance of social media have left us polarized and divided.—
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Arsenal’s first half in the 4-1 home win against Aston Villa a week ago — when the visitors continuously broke through the middle of the pitch — was the perfect example of what happens when their partnership is split up, in this case by Rice’s knee injury.—
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In the aftermath, Venezuelan society became further split between the wealthy, who wanted to work with the US, and the working class, who sought autonomy from the US.—
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Per the Hindu, Das' head had been separated from his body in the attack.—
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This design consists of an aluminum (Al) foil anode current collector, an S8 cathode, sodium dicyanamide (NaDCA) in a non-flammable chloroaluminate electrolyte, separated with a glass fiber.—
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“Bifurcated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bifurcated. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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