How to Use segment in a Sentence

segment

1 of 2 noun
  • I think I lost one segment of this model kit.
  • The railroad track is divided into segments.
  • Just roll the eggs a segment at a time.
    Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Watch the full video segment above.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Both are records in the segment.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In any case, this whole segment was great.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Watch each of their segments in full here.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Chris saw the segment and was charmed by the boys.
    Libby Smith, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The very tired boy still charmed his way through both shows with clever joke segments.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Weiss had said the segment was not ready for broadcast.
    Judy Kurtz, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
  • It’s made of segments of the pandanus fruit.
    Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This is just a great, classic talk-show segment.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • After two segments the lead is nine.
    Gary Bedore march 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
  • After three segments the lead is five.
    Gary Bedore march 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Range is respectable for the segment, too.
    New Atlas, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Elbow-shaped with a long first segment.
    Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The midsize truck segment is stacked.
    New Atlas, 3 May 2026
  • Each person on the show seemed transformed by the end of their segment.
    Stephen Orr, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Google is shaking up its health and fitness segment this week.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 7 May 2026
  • The plant should be about 6 inches tall and leaves should have at least three segments.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The evening news would do whole segments about its swimsuit issue.
    Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • What segments perform best there?
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Strings of them make up the genome as segments of various lengths called genes.
    IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Still, the segment faces challenges.
    Sydney Goh, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • But most buyers in this segment aren’t doing those things.
    New Atlas, 2 May 2026
  • That was the case last week when Nvidia made a change to its segment structure.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 25 May 2026
  • In one segment of this video, the singles are asked what Ohio means to them.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The quick-witted Shalit, fond of bow ties, aimed to make his segments fun.
    Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
  • There's a segment that's Jaws meets The Blob.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Their pregame segment was even broadcasted in black and white to pay homage to that era.
    Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026

segment

2 of 2 verb
  • Market researchers have segmented the population into different age groups.
  • To segment an orange, slice off the bottom and the top of the fruit.
    Becky Krystal, charlotteobserver, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The inside of both fruits is pulpy and segmented.
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The vessel in each unit needs to be segmented and removed.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2025
  • One way to make your emails more enticing to your subscribers is to segment your email list.
    Expert Panel, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The front seats are segmented and offset by bright gold seatbelts.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Oct. 2018
  • Or is this something that is just kind of segmented or siloed off into skiing?
    Outside Online, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Working hours have now been lowered across the board and further segmented by age group.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 24 Apr. 2023
  • To make, segment the center of a paper plate into six sections; write prompts in each.
    Carly Breit, Country Living, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Pink to red blooms appear on the ends of the flat, green, segmented stems in early to mid-winter.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Its trailing branches are flat, green and segmented without sharp spines.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
  • One of her findings was that listeners segment a speech stream based on the cadence of their first language.
    Christine Kenneally, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Together the dots and the line segments between them form a polygonal curve.
    Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2019
  • But the toll plan is segmented, which means the toll would be priced at a lower cost for taking shorter trips along the project route.
    John Sharp | [email protected], al.com, 17 July 2019
  • Epshteyn produces as many as nine conservative, pro-Trump segments a week.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Field segmented into areas by age/grade to ensure every child has a chance to collect eggs.
    Melissa Reinert, Cincinnati.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Marketing teams can segment customers through a list of criteria.
    Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • Ambrosia can be as simple as clementine oranges peeled, segmented, and tossed with coconut flakes.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The reality is consumers don’t bifurcate or segment their world like that.
    Leigh Kamping-Carder, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2018
  • The main lounge is segmented with cozy nooks, television viewing areas, swing chairs and a beverage bar.
    Pamela Dittmer McKuen, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The base can be flipped over and the underside is segmented to carry cupcakes more securely or use as a serving dish.
    Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Unsubscribe rates can be segmented.
    Terdawn Deboe, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • Would Brzezinski want the full-time role, which would require segmenting his time from his area of expertise, the salary cap?
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The walkable downtown area is segmented into just a few main streets that are jam-packed with clothing boutiques, home stores, cozy cafés, and more.
    al, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Understand the bands that segment your customers and build value propositions that will move customers to higher bands.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The work is segmented, each employee tasked with one of 180 watchmaking crafts.
    Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Some families segment the day with a group activity in the morning, free time in the afternoon and then a group dinner.
    Julie Weed, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The market is segmented to drive more sales and lift the average selling price during the key holiday quarter.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • The flat plane, ringed by roads and segmented by straight paths, was orderly and open, an ideal stage for planting pavilions and managing crowds.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Hill is also changing the way the business is segmented and returning it to its historical roots.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025

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