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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
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since shortly after the partition of the two countries in 1947.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
The United Nations adopted a plan to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states.
—The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The conflict started after the partition of India in 1947, which divided the region into two.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since shortly after the partition of the two countries in 1947.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
The county will also partition a portion of the network to serve its administrative functions, eliminating its need for an external internet provider at its buildings.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
The United Nations adopted a plan to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states.
—The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partition
Noun
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The approved budget would preserve the portion of the program for those 65 and older, allocating $110 million for that coverage.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Musk has also sought to operate Starlink, his satellite-internet company, in South Africa, but has balked at a law requiring foreign tech firms to sell a portion of their local subsidiaries to shareholders who are Black or historically disadvantaged.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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The crash occurred at 2:35 a.m. on the northbound route, north of Interstate 805, where a vehicle struck the center divider, the California Highway Patrol reported.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 May 2025
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United will also offer center suites that allow couples and traveling companions to sit closer together when the divider is lowered to bed height; currently, center seats don’t let the divider lower to bed height, and there’s a greater distance between the adjoining head areas.—
Chris Dong,
AFAR Media,
13 May 2025
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For instance, if the cost of a service is $1,000, and the state and federal government split is 50-50, the state might add a 5% provider tax that would bring the total cost of the service to $1,050.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
29 May 2025
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The former couple split 11 months after welcoming their baby girl in October 2000.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
29 May 2025
Verb
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The measurement focuses on users from New Consumer Classification System segments A, B, and C, representing the core demographic driving streaming consumption in urban India.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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In the same report, Vizient highlights that a midwestern health system segmented their patients into three groups: loyal, splitter and uncommitted.—
Corey Scurlock,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Norton’s basic antivirus omits VPN protection, but a no-limits VPN is part of all Norton’s security suites.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2025
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Lucy is part of a long line of de Koonings who have made art in or around this backyard.—
Alessandra Schade,
Vogue,
7 June 2025
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The veterans hall’s roof is parallel to St. Louis Avenue, with just a decorative black fence separating the top of the building from traffic.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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Then in September, a Secret Service agent spotted the muzzle of a rifle sticking out of a fence in bushes at Trump's West Palm Beach golf club while scouting the course ahead of Trump.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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The breakthrough is the fruit of incredible recent performance in all age groups for the nation of 36 million people, which became independent in 1991 after the dissolution of the USSR.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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Why, then, engage language at all? Lijn explained her simultaneous recruitment and dissolution of language as a way to cope with her growing sense that words had become tired and lost any vital force.—
Marina Isgro,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Verb
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Americans were also divided over what their separation means for the country, according to the survey, which has a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Model parallelism divides the neural network itself across hardware.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Partition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partition. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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