polarize
(transitive, US) To cause a group to be divided into extremes.
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Jarosińska, Boxem et al. @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social reveal how LGL-1 and PAC-1 team up to polarize the #Celegans embryo, providing new insight into how conserved #polarity mechanisms are adapted across species. ru…
LGL-1 and the RhoGAP protein PAC-1 redundantly polarize the Caenorhabditis elegans embryonic epidermis #Drosophila
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(transitive, US) To cause a group to be divided into extremes.
The deal has polarized Twitter employees, users, and regulators over the power tech giants wield in determining the parameters of acceptable discourse on the internet and how those companies enforce their rules.
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(transitive, US) To cause to have a polarization.
The deal has polarized Twitter employees, users, and regulators over the power tech giants wield in determining the parameters of acceptable discourse on the internet and how those companies enforce their rules.
“Jarosińska, Boxem et al. @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social reveal how LGL-1 and PAC-1 team up to polarize the #Celegans embryo, providing new insight into how conserved #polarity mechanisms are adapted across species. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #CellPolarity #Genetics”
— Bluesky· May 2026“LGL-1 and the RhoGAP protein PAC-1 redundantly polarize the Caenorhabditis elegans embryonic epidermis #Drosophila”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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