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- adjective
Divided into twobranches ;forked . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
bifurcate .
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- adjective divided into or made up of two parts
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Examples
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Still, Mr. Brodsky welcomed the chance to rationalize what he called a bifurcated regulatory framework that allows for loopholes and "particularly disadvantages the securities options business."
Exchange Chiefs Beg to Differ on SEC-CFTC Harmonization 2009
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"It's what they call a bifurcated market, where you have certain segments that are really strong, and certain segments that are lagging a little bit.
Missoula Independent 2009
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Kirk said those issues would be "bifurcated" - meaning nothing in the agreements reached this week would affect how the United States proceeds on trade enforcement cases.
China opens beef market, agrees to other import concessions Howard Schneider 2010
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Kirk said those issues would be "bifurcated" - meaning nothing in the agreements reached this week would affect how the United States proceeds on trade enforcement cases.
China opens beef market, agrees to other import concessions Howard Schneider 2010
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Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large) calls the bifurcated system an unwieldy "duck-billed platypus."
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In the space where the left should be is what I think is called a bifurcated central.
Congenitally Missing Permanent Teeth Dr. Dean Brandon 2007
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There's a doctrine in conspiracy law known as bifurcated conspiracies.
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Unfortunately, this "bifurcated" strategy led to schizophrenic management structures, one for China and the other for international markets, the latter "outsourced" from IBM.
Tom Doctoroff: Chinese Global Brands: A Long Road to Rome 2009
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Shelby Steele, who shares with Barack Obama a multiracial ancestry, discusses the difficulties of dealing with that kind of bifurcated identity, comparing his own experiences and responses to those of the president elect.
Never Yet Melted 2008
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He also said the market was more "bifurcated" than he's seen in the 20 years since he started doing this kind of work.
jerryseadog commented on the word bifurcated
We use bifucated winch hooks on our rescue helicopters, the winchman hangs on one side of the hook and uses the other branch for removable equipment such as first aid kit.
December 1, 2006
jrome commented on the word bifurcated
It would be a real loss to the world if the two tiers of creativity, professional and user generated, were forever bifurcated in different distribution channels.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/20/viacom-to-sign-deal-with-joost/
http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/joost
April 2, 2007
uselessness commented on the word bifurcated
Pete
I've always wondered, what's the devil look like?
Ulysses
Well, there are all manner of lesser imps and demons, Pete,
but the great Satan hisself is red and scaly with a bifurcated tail,
and he carries a hay fork.
Tommy
Oh, no. No, sir. He's white, as white as you folks,
with empty eyes and a big hollow voice.
He likes to travel around with a mean old hound. That's right.
April 2, 2007
singer41 commented on the word bifurcated
It has a nice sound to it
November 12, 2015