DIVISIONAL Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

divisional

adjective

Definition of divisional

as in local

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Recent Examples of divisional 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 Ahead of a critical divisional matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night, the need to correct the problems sooner rather than later has become dire after a 2-4 start. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 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 Swift was at Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs’ divisional matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026 With the Patriots and Bills accounting for four games on the schedule, the Jets can’t keep treating divisional victories as occasional breakthroughs. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 18 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 Plus, divisional games tend to be lower-scoring and more tightly contested. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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Adjective

Public trust creates a separate pressure towards meaningful local commitment.

— Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The Sun enters your 3rd House, beginning a month that favors learning, writing, conversations, local activity, and following questions farther than usual.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of local

Adjective

If built, the facility would supply electricity to the regional grid and Amazon’s data centers.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
The spiraling conflict is now the most volatile front in the regional conflagration set off when the United States and Israel attacked Iran in late February.

— Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of regional

Adjective

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
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

Definition of fragmentary

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Investors and sports fans can now take their shot at becoming partial owners of one or both teams through pure-play sports stocks, or just pass.

— Robert Gray, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
News of the potential deal comes as Witkoff is expected to present Putin with a proposal for a partial ceasefire covering energy and food infrastructure, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Tuesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of partial

Adjective

For shoppers, the practical move is to identify your sofa’s specific problem — oversized arms, deep seats, a sectional, loose cushions — before shopping, and match the fit system to that shape rather than buying on pattern alone.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The Red Devils, who lost that matchup last season, also will be among the contenders for their first sectional title since 2021.

— Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 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

Adjective

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
The study was cross-sectional, meaning everyone was assessed once rather than followed over time.

— Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of cross-sectional

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