DIVISIONAL Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

divisional

adjective

Definition of divisional

as in local

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Recent Examples of divisional New England’s offense will be shorthanded Sunday, with three players ruled out for the Patriots divisional game against the Miami Dolphins. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026 The Lions took on an improving Green Bay Packers team and held it to 17 points in a crucial divisional win. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2026 Kansas City responds in an old-school, grind-it-out divisional game to get back on track. — Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026 Regardless, the Dallas Cowboys are 3-4 after a big divisional win. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026 Week 7 of the NFL season featured a Super Bowl contender getting back on track and a thrilling divisional showdown in the NFC North, plus another comeback win for one of the NFL’s most surprising teams. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2026 The larger equity packages reflect the shift from divisional leadership to the top ranks of a standalone public company, Ryan Colucci, a CAP partner and author of the report, told me. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 Chrissy Oliger-Quiggins, divisional merchandise manager and senior buyer at Shoe Sensation, has long carried the brand’s flip-flops, especially its Spotlights and Sunsets styles. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 Can Baltimore notch their fourth win in a row to stay ahead of its competitive divisional opponent? — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026

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Google said the Wyoming facility will use air cooling to reduce pressure on local water resources, rather than relying on water-intensive cooling systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
The bath products are from one of my favorite local producers, Harnn, who created a scent exclusively for Kromo.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of local

Adjective

Although more than half of the Paleolithic cave-art groupings recorded in Europe are located in the Iberian Peninsula, the study notes that the northeastern region has generally yielded only fragmentary evidence.

— News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2026
Fastidious critics are left with nothing but crumbs to scatter on a trail of discussion leading to the door of a theatre, and readers have to extrapolate critics’ full opinions from the fragmentary account that could be written before release.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2026

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Identifying red blood cells in dinosaurs The fossil is a partial hind limb of Aratasaurus museunacionali, a theropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
With more cars equipped with partial automation hitting the road, safety researchers are growing increasingly worried about driver attention and the potential for these systems to cause crashes.

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of partial

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The holidays—and the accompanying early Black Friday sectional deals—are officially here.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2026
The Bulldogs won their first Class 4A sectional and regional titles since 2022 to advance to semistate in Stangel’s first season and return largely intact.

— Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of sectional

Adjective

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

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Spider silk can withstand a pulling force equivalent to 150 newtons per square millimeter of its cross-sectional area before breaking.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
In October 2025, The Menopause Society reported on a cross-sectional study of more than 3,500 women with an average age of 52.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of cross-sectional

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