DIVISIONAL Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

divisional

adjective

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Recent Examples of divisional The Kansas City Chiefs started their year with a nice win over their divisional foe, Denver. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 The Dallas Cowboys handled business in their home opener against the Washington Commanders on Sunday, taking a 37-20 win over their divisional rivals to get in the win column for the first time in 2026. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026 The Astros are in a heated race with the Texas Rangers for the American League West divisional crown. — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 But this is a divisional game and Brian Flores will have his defense prepared. — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026 The schedule makers didn’t do them any favors with a three-game slate featuring road contests against divisional rivals — the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys — before a visit from the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. — Tashan Reed, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2026 That team rebounded from a 1-4 start to reach the NFC divisional round. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 The victor will establish solid footing in a divisional race that’s likely to be decided down the stretch. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Renardo Green logged his first interception of the season after being benched in last year’s divisional round loss to the Seattle Seahawks. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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The administration cut some 1,000 employees from CISA and slashed $10 million from two cybersecurity initiatives, including one dedicated to helping state and local election officials.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
The decision overturned a lower court’s January 2022 ruling in Abascal’s favor, according to local outlet El Confidencial.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of local

Adjective

No sugarcoating In Europe, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing growing challenges to his leadership after another weekend of regional election losses.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Much will depend on the CDU's influential regional leaders; the party's eight state governors last week backed the chancellor, though questions remained about how wholehearted their support was.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of regional

Adjective

Both also explore attempts to understand someone who is gone through fragmentary memory, using images as a bridge between the living and the dead.

— Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
In the last three centuries, scholars have unearthed a few morsels—a description in an old poem of a similar tapestry; some rare Scandinavian textiles—that provide at least fragmentary context for the artifact’s existence.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

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Additionally, The Craft of Living, long available only in a partial, bowdlerized version, has finally been translated in full, by Julian Sachs, with a helpful introduction and scholarly apparatus by Iuri Moscardi.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
While some patients may regain partial vision over time, there is no proven treatment that can reverse the optic nerve damage.

— Melissa Rudy , Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of partial

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During Davis’ freshman season in 2024, Warren won a sectional title before losing 55-53 to Palatine in the supersectional.

— Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Best Walmart Outdoor Dining Set Deals Walmart’s end-of-season outdoor dining deals cover just about any setup, like small-space-friendly sectional sets that tuck into tight patio corners and eight-piece options suitable for large gatherings.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of sectional

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Believe it or not, the Cubivan Camping System wasn't the only multi-component camper pod system at this year's Caravan Salon built to slide out and camp outside the van itself.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
In a renowned 2006 review published in Educational Research Review, researchers traced how working memory evolved from a simple storage system into a more dynamic, multi-component process.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Definition of component

Adjective

One concerning cross-sectional study on 600 women found that cell phone use was linked to a spontaneous loss of their pregnancy, particularly among mothers who engaged in longer call times and used their phone for more applications.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
The study used cross-sectional data from 2018 to 2024 taken from more than 114,000 respondents to the National Health Interview Survey, which is administered by the US Census Bureau.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

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