How to Use bifurcated in a Sentence

bifurcated

adjective
  • The bifurcated plot revolves around a pair of ornery old men.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The blood inside him is a bifurcated stream pumping to his heart and his groin.
    — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Restaurant stocks are a bifurcated group right now.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That’s clear from the lobby’s bifurcated color scheme to the rooms themselves.
    — Mark Dee may 12, Idaho Statesman, 12 May 2026
  • That’s clear from the lobby’s bifurcated color scheme to the rooms themselves.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 14 May 2026
  • So, venture, in its way, is looking more bifurcated than ever.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 15 June 2026
  • Ohio ends the year in a kind of limbo on coronavirus with a bifurcated pandemic.
    — cleveland, 29 Dec. 2021
  • But the script's bifurcated structure short-circuits the whole affair.
    — Justin Hayford, Chicago Reader, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Critics have said that this bifurcated process is inefficient and allows spaceports to be built and then not used.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The city was supported by its own self-sustaining energies, and the subway in those decades had a bifurcated life.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2022
  • His phone is actually a tool for this bifurcated reality of his life.
    — Bridget Read, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2018
  • Such a bifurcated market could result in oddities, such as the same stock having two different prices.
    — Alexander Osipovich and Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
  • In fact these bifurcated garments have been the subject of controversy through much of their history.
    — Vogue, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The latter is given by taking a small amount of virus in liquid and poking it into the skin with a specialized bifurcated needle.
    — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • Over the next few years, the bifurcated world of smartphone charging cables will slowly give way to an easier situation.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Such is the bifurcated world of college football created in the wake of the Pac-12’s collapse.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The bifurcated nature of free agency has made things difficult for more players than just Conforto.
    — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
  • This bifurcated standard explains why deal volume increased while capital formation declined in the first half of the year.
    — Joseph Lucosky, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Cohn said there would be bifurcated rates for cash and non-cash holdings, with liabilities on illiquid assets being lower and payable over a longer time-frame.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Ancient Roman poet Prudentius even blames a bifurcated tongue as the very origin of sin.
    — Parizaad Khan Sethi, Allure, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In a bifurcated market, premiums would be much higher for ObamaCare plans.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 July 2017
  • But things at the mysterious corporation are not all they're cracked up to be, and his bifurcated world begins to slowly unravel.
    — Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The rest of the film unfolds in a bifurcated fashion, cutting between the elderly Kristofer’s journey and flashbacks to his youth.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 July 2024
  • In some sense, both sides are right, both sides are wrong and, in the bifurcated politics of this American moment, none of the arguments much matter.
    — Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The president has in recent weeks painted a bifurcated picture of the economy in speeches and news releases.
    — New York Times, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Also, the city of Parkland, where the school is located, has a bifurcated 911 system.
    — Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The bifurcated four-hour show relegated most of the awards to an all-business first half, which was viewable only on the Paramount+ streaming service.
    — New York Times, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The middle class will shrink further, leading to a bifurcated society of high-skill, high-income workers and low-skill, low-income laborers.
    — Amir Husain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The bifurcated state and federal process is supposed to include on-site inspections by an accreditation team.
    — Jason Henry, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Arizona has long had a bifurcated registration system, with proof of citizenship required to vote in state and local elections.
    — Benjamin Swasey, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026

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