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Recent Examples of divisional
The following week, the Los Angeles Rams outlasted the Bears in a frigid divisional round matchup in Chicago.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Coach Kyle Shanahan was among those none too pleased when the NFL repeatedly scheduling the 49ers to play on short rest late last season, including Saturday games against the eventual champion Seahawks in both the regular-season finale and the divisional-round playoffs.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Locke had an interception in Denver’s divisional round victory over the Buffalo Bills, along with nine tackles in that game.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Joseph’s group held five opponents overall to less than 200 yards, then recorded five takeaways against Buffalo in the divisional round of the postseason and kept New England to 206 yards in the AFC title game.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
That season, Ryan passed for more than 4,000 yards, the sixth-highest mark in the league, and led the Falcons to divisional round of the NFC playoffs.
—Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
Those divisional games are close contests that can be decided by a few plays.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
While the White Sox hope to be trending in the right direction, the hopes are sky high here, as the Cubs look to build off last season's playoff trip that ended in the divisional round.
—Matt Zahn, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The Seahawks used a first-round bye to rest, heal and prepare, and then routed the 49ers in a divisional-round game before beating the Rams, 31-27, to advance to the Super Bowl.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Coach Kyle Shanahan was among those none too pleased when the NFL repeatedly scheduling the 49ers to play on short rest late last season, including Saturday games against the eventual champion Seahawks in both the regular-season finale and the divisional-round playoffs.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Locke had an interception in Denver’s divisional round victory over the Buffalo Bills, along with nine tackles in that game.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Joseph’s group held five opponents overall to less than 200 yards, then recorded five takeaways against Buffalo in the divisional round of the postseason and kept New England to 206 yards in the AFC title game.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
That season, Ryan passed for more than 4,000 yards, the sixth-highest mark in the league, and led the Falcons to divisional round of the NFC playoffs.
—Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
Those divisional games are close contests that can be decided by a few plays.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
While the White Sox hope to be trending in the right direction, the hopes are sky high here, as the Cubs look to build off last season's playoff trip that ended in the divisional round.
—Matt Zahn, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The Seahawks used a first-round bye to rest, heal and prepare, and then routed the 49ers in a divisional-round game before beating the Rams, 31-27, to advance to the Super Bowl.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divisional
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Kato is talking with local schools about turning Mardi Gras bead-making into a community project.—
TRAVIS LOLLER,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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Here is how some countries stack up, based on information compiled by CNBC from national Olympic committees, sports associations and local reports.—
Lee Ying Shan,Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The task force is now applying that same regional coordination model to World Cup preparations.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Each addresses a specific regional risk that generic advice misses.—
Allison Palmer
Updated February 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Its acoustic arrangements are sparse and her lyrics fragmentary, but the mood is warm and inviting.—
Marissa Lorusso,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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The team found a fragmentary hand stencil on the wall.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2026
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Even with the partial shutdown of several gates during construction that inhibited Southwest Airlines’ long-term expansion plans here, air travel was robust enough last year to compensate for that.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Whether those two weeks will be deemed a last chance or if partial progress could prolong negotiations remains to be determined.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Feb. 2026
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Andrean lost to 21st Century in sectional games in each of his first three seasons.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Lions have had their lineup tinkered with due to nagging injuries and conflicting national team practices, but coach Sebastian Alvarado is excited for his playoff veteran group to get another shot at a sectional title.—
Justin Vigil Zuniga,
Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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The company has stripped away the complexity, allowing anyone to snap spectacular images of galaxies and nebulae hundreds of light-years away without wrestling with multi-component setups requiring serious technical chops – all wrapped in Vaonis's trademark minimalist design.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Jan. 2026
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The layout by Oakland design studio Open Daily is clean; even more complicated recipes, like Henry Hsu’s multi-component cornerstone rice cakes, are easy to follow.—
Soleil Ho,
SFChronicle.com,
9 Nov. 2020
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Because the data are cross-sectional, however, the researchers cannot determine whether the microbial shifts contribute to obesity or arise as a consequence of it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2026
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This first three-dimensional cross-sectional image goes 11 miles) below the crater and shows what appear to be various pools of magma at different depths, with rock or other material between them and more numerous toward the southeast of the crater.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Divisional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divisional. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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