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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“There’s a bifurcating in this AI trade, just like there’s been a bifurcating of consumers and the housing market,” said Byron Anderson, a portfolio manager and head of fixed income at Laffer Tengler Investments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
“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
“It’s this network where branches are bifurcating but also merging back together to create new species.”
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 17, 2024
This is precisely the sort of middle-income job needed in the Bay Area, which like many urban areas is bifurcating into an economy of high-wage knowledge jobs and low-wage service jobs.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2019
There is indeed some kind of double personality in us all which is perhaps more observable in strongly-marked characters like De Lamennais, where, so to say, the bifurcating lines are produced further.
From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by George Tyrrell
