sectioned

past tense of section

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sectioned
Verb
  • Upon landing, the men separated and tried to flee but most were captured that same day.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Others abused alcohol and drugs, were separated and divorced, or acted out violently.
    Arianna Huffington, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • To minimize okra's infamous textural issues, take care not to cut the stem end so closely that the pod is severed.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In 2022, debris from an underwater volcanic eruption severed the island's only subsea communication cable, cutting the island off from the rest of the world.
    Magdalena Petrova, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • With her hair parted down the middle, Gerber donned tight waves; the circles falling inward over her shoulders.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Arianna, though, bore the extra weight of being parted from her own child.
    Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If empowered to retain the data that shows who is engaging with them as a song, an event or a community, artists could unify what is now fragmented across multiple sources.
    Geoff Robins, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Perhaps even the idea of an upscale magazine in the mold of Vanity Fair is simply less meaningful in a contemporary media landscape where celebrities constantly churn out their own content and popular culture is fragmented across a landscape of mid-sized creators.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Sectioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectioned. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.

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