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Recent Examples of divisional
The 17-year veteran engineered comeback victories in the wild-card and divisional rounds of the playoffs and passed for six touchdowns, with only one interception, in three postseason games.
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Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
One of Seth’s ambitious cross-divisional projects failed, which, under short-term optimization logic, should have counted against her.
—Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The freshman finished first at the divisional meet, second at the TVL showcase and had a runner-up finish at the Meet of Champions.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Taylor Swift’s teams of choice — the Chiefs and her hometown favorite, the Philadelphia Eagles — didn’t even make it out of the divisional playoffs.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
Yet other times an inept divisional manager causes poor results for customers.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Deliveries for wild-card weekend were up 13% year-over-year, while the divisional round grew 5%.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Jan. 2026
New England allowed three points to the Chargers in the wild-card round, 16 to Houston in the divisional round and seven to Denver in the title game.
—Josh Dubow, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
Stidham started in place of starter Bo Nix, who broke a bone in his right ankle on the final series of Denver’s 33-30 overtime victory against the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
One of Seth’s ambitious cross-divisional projects failed, which, under short-term optimization logic, should have counted against her.
—Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The freshman finished first at the divisional meet, second at the TVL showcase and had a runner-up finish at the Meet of Champions.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Taylor Swift’s teams of choice — the Chiefs and her hometown favorite, the Philadelphia Eagles — didn’t even make it out of the divisional playoffs.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
Yet other times an inept divisional manager causes poor results for customers.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Deliveries for wild-card weekend were up 13% year-over-year, while the divisional round grew 5%.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Jan. 2026
New England allowed three points to the Chargers in the wild-card round, 16 to Houston in the divisional round and seven to Denver in the title game.
—Josh Dubow, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
Stidham started in place of starter Bo Nix, who broke a bone in his right ankle on the final series of Denver’s 33-30 overtime victory against the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divisional
Adjective
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Conservative talk radio has long dominated the commutes of California Republicans, many of whom once spent their mornings reading local newspaper opinion pages that leaned right.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Manpreet Gill, regional chief investment officer for Europe, Africa and the Middle East at Standard Chartered, said the bank’s proprietary signals show both metals in overbought territory.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Decades later, National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions remains a gold standard for Arctic exploration, with deep regional expertise across Svalbard, Greenland, Arctic Canada and the Northwest Passage.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 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
Adjective
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Negotiations to avert a partial government shutdown are being complicated by Democratic demands that any changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy be written into law by Congress.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Jan. 2026
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The statement didn’t mention specific securities, but the timing suggests most of the funding for the partial payments this week could be coming from the state firm.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Breslin excelled outside of league play as well by winning the Division 1C sectional race.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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Indeed, the softball team last won a sectional title in 2016, which marked its fifth in a row.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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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Instead, Funnell suggests starting with a cross-sectional study comparing athletes who habitually drink during training to those who don’t, to see if the former group is less affected by dehydration.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
8 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Divisional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divisional. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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