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as in segment
a part of a sphere of activity
The outlook for jobs in the health-care sector of the economy is excellent.
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Recent Examples of sector
Private-sector sources, including the university’s sentiment survey, provide a partial substitute amid the blackout.
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Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
An ally of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, the appointment of the billionaire, could signal a shift toward more private-sector leadership.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Icahn has invested across all sectors over his more than six-decade long career and has a long history in the automotive parts and services industry.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
But lots of people in these sectors are losing work at the moment.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
An ally of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, the appointment of the billionaire, could signal a shift toward more private-sector leadership.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Icahn has invested across all sectors over his more than six-decade long career and has a long history in the automotive parts and services industry.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
But lots of people in these sectors are losing work at the moment.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sector
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As research advances and deployments grow through 2026 and beyond, dynamic on-the-move EV charging is becoming an increasingly plausible part of the future transport landscape—advancing one corridor, one region, and one innovation at a time.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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El Dorado County results Measure G was the lone local ballot measure not tied to a neighborhood zone of benefit across the six-county Sacramento region in Tuesday’s special election for Proposition 50, which passed by a wide majority.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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But what’s more important than the series is the multibillion-dollar ecosystem behind it — one that has taken less than three years to transform from a niche genre into Hollywood’s fastest growing segment of the entertainment machine, drawing in largely female audiences.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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The statement infuriated some members of the LGBTQ+ community — a sizable segment of her fan base — for whom Kirk was a loathsome and dangerous figure.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Table of Contents is divided along the parts of a young body, with sections titled Heads Up!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Barry points to the central section of the pitch, on either side of the halfway line, to make his point.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The new congressional maps proposed by the state’s Democrats, which Proposition 50 will implement, are intended to net the party five additional seats in the House—but their actual impact will still depend on races in those districts.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The district board is set to adopt its 2025-26 grant award list at its regular meeting Tuesday.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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In special event zones like one recently established near Petco Park, annual fees for additional spots will jump from $317 to $10,000 — one-third less than the $15,000 proposed by Gloria’s staff.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The trackpad is virtually divided into action zones, allowing users to assign shortcuts to each one and also map one-, two-, or three-finger-deep clicks to specific tasks.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sector. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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