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verb

polarize

to split a group into two sharply opposed camps

In a sentence

Six example sentences with polarize, each labelled with its topic.

  • The club's decision to judge only digital entries polarized its members, with film shooters and pixel devotees no longer sharing a table.

    Photography

  • The 2006 vote to demote Pluto polarized the field, and a vocal minority still refuses to call it a dwarf planet.

    Science

  • Removing the headphone jack polarized the phone's customers, with one camp praising the slimmer body and the other vowing never to upgrade.

    Technology

  • Trading the veteran captain for two draft picks polarized the fanbase, with season ticket holders split down the middle.

    Basketball

  • The ambiguous final shot polarized audiences, and the same cinema saw walkouts and standing ovations on the same night.

    Movies

  • Few questions polarize economists like rent control, since each camp cites its own studies and dismisses the other's.

    Economics

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