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- verb Present participle of
Balkanize .
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Examples
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Race activists have been accused for years of "Balkanizing" the United States, without justice or truth.
SeeLight: 2008
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Race activists have been accused for years of "Balkanizing" the United States, without justice or truth.
Obama Cartoon 2008
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After the Degas show, the Metropolitan abolished this Balkanizing approach, henceforth offering a single admission that covers both the permanent collection and all temporary shows.
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After the Degas show, the Metropolitan abolished this Balkanizing approach, henceforth offering a single admission that covers both the permanent collection and all temporary shows.
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The US, in case you hadn't noticed, is rapidly Balkanizing.
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There is a common view that the Internet itself is Balkanizing and spreading people into point of view communities.
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This is what several of the Democratic candidates insist they want to do next year -- end the Balkanizing of their party.
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That leads to this Balkanizing proposition: group thinking is natural and admirable.
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V. Ravani, a former chief justice in Rajasthan, "is Balkanizing the country, and threatening the very basic fabric of this society."
Modi's Moment 2007
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Lastly, we consider Balkanizing present-day Iraq into three parts, with some provision for oil money being shared with the Sunni middle.
Think Progress » National Review Editor: Iraq May Be Turning Into Bush’s Vietnam 2006
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