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as in portion
one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled
one of the partitions of a prefabricated house
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as in split
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces
the partition of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia
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as in to segment
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Recent Examples of partition
Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Modern Israel was established following a United Nations plan to partition the territory of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Melanie Asmar, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
Palestinians may have had an opportunity in 1947 to create their state through a UN partition resolution.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
In 1947: After three decades of agitation led by Mahatma Gandhi, India and Pakistan won independence from Great Britain and were partitioned into separate countries.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Modern Israel was established following a United Nations plan to partition the territory of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Verb
The district defended East High’s all-gender restroom, saying it was added at the request of students and has 12-foot-tall partitions to ensure privacy.
—Melanie Asmar, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
Palestinians may have had an opportunity in 1947 to create their state through a UN partition resolution.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partition
Noun
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Parts of it would be carved up and grafted onto surrounding Democratic-leaning districts, and a significant portion would be added to a new Latino-majority seat in central Los Angeles County, basically leaving Calvert with a viable district from which to seek reelection.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Copeland is the fourth Republican candidate to signal an intention to run for the party's nomination in House District 5, which includes a portion of Boone County.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Sep. 2025
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There’s also room divider filled with large glass jars of his damgeum-ju, or infused liquors.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The compression system inside is genius, and the sectioned divider keeps my dirty clothes from contaminating the rest of my items (major win).—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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Since their split, Fox has also welcomed a new addition.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The split will reverse a massive but largely unsuccessful 2015 merger arranged by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and the investment firm 3G Capital, Heinz and Kraft’s owners at the time.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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Many SMBs also choose to segment their local-area Wi-Fi network to ensure sensitive data (such as credit card information from a point-of-sale system) is segregated and protected.—
Michael Flannery,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Polling was conducted online and segmented by gender, region, political affiliation, age, and race to ensure a representative sample.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The removal is part of a sudden closure of more than 30 locations across multiple states that took place June 4.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
22 Aug. 2025
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Forecasts didn’t predict upwards of 14 inches in some parts of the city, which is what eventually happened.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The car hit a fence and a power pole.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Hanging from the fence was a backpack and a reusable shopping bag — each containing a plate capable of stopping small arms fire, according to prosecutors.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Rumors have swirled about personal and financial tensions that led to the dissolution of their professional relationship.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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Khloe Park, who formerly used the name Khloe Couleé, also posted about the dissolution of her relationship with her drag mother on Instagram, taking her thoughts to the grid.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
4 Sep. 2025
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But if your peonies are flowering less over time or nearby plants are encroaching on their growing space, dividing them in fall is one simple solution.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
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Every Democrat in the chamber supported the legislation while Republicans were evenly divided.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Partition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partition. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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