partitioned

Definition of partitionednext
past tense of partition

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Verb
  • Instead, their estate will be divided amongst my siblings and the portion that would be mine will go to a charity of my parent’s choice.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • We’re divided over politics, over the climate, over the Beckhams.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Carmen only got to visit him once after they were separated.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • After Laura was separated from her son, the investigator said the boy was eating pancakes and sausages and was mobile.
    Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Guardians answered with another three runs in the bottom half of the inning to hand the Cubs a 6-5 loss to split Sunday’s doubleheader.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The housing project will be split into two phases, starting with Declan Research Park, according to Flournoy’s website.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The park, which is bisected by Chipman Road into north and south sections, is home to a skate park, pickleball courts, sand volleyball courts and play areas.
    Nathan Pilling March 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
  • During the game, Kailey sat with their mother, Carol, in the middle of the stands that bisected each student section.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Pritchard dissected Milwaukee’s defense at all three levels during that flurry, converting two layups, two 3-pointers and one nine-foot fadeaway.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The discussion gained traction on Reddit, where contributors dissected both the concept and execution of the video, which is initially available exclusively on Apple Music and Spotify rather than YouTube.
    Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Iran has effectively bifurcated the strait between its traditional Navy and the more aggressive Revolutionary Guard.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
  • By the end of the 20th century, the assignments bifurcated.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But there’s one factor helping them on Iran policy right now, two decades after Iraq cleaved the Democratic Party in two.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Cyprus was cleaved along ethnic lines in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup aiming to unite the island with Greece.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • For example, the theme of superposition—put very simply, the idea that characters exist in a number of potential states simultaneously, some of them mutually exclusive, and this ambiguity or multiplicity doesn’t get resolved until some point in the future.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Unlike the Persian Gulf oil supply, some of which can be routed overland, LNG is well and truly stuck until the Hormuz crisis is resolved.
    Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Partitioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partitioned. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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