bifurcate
verb (used with or without object)
to divide or fork into two branches.
bifurcating
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present participleof bifurcate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“Stocks are reflecting our bifurcating ‘Tale of Two Economies’ view, where booming AI fixed investment is outperforming squeezed consumers.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Ziwei Cong, a marketing professor at Georgetown University, sees AI slop bifurcating the internet.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
“It’s this network where branches are bifurcating but also merging back together to create new species.”
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 17, 2024
It seems only fair, however, to acknowledge the genius who conceived of alternate or bifurcating realities decades ago, long before string theory, the internet and virtual reality: Jorge Luis Borges.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2020
After penetrating 34 feet from the entrance, Mr. Dawkins found the cave bifurcating into two branches, one of which was vertical.
From The Antiquity of Man by Sir Charles Lyell
