sectioned

past tense of section

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Verb
  • In the case of Cardi B, whose net worth is reportedly close to $100 million, being legally separated from her husband qualifies her as a single mother, although her economics put her in another category apart from both single- and dual-parent families.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli have separated, Fox News has learned.
    Brie Stimson , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vasquez died from gunshot wounds to the face and to the left of Vasquez’s belly button, which affected several internal organs and severed his spinal cord, according to previous testimony.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The attacker allegedly severed the boy’s head from his body and continued to attack his torso as the victim’s mother watched.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The actress wore her gray hair in curls and parted down the middle, keeping her makeup subtle, except for bold red lipstick.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • This year, at the 2025 Breezy Bowl XX Official Tour After Party, Monica was radiant in long, parted hair with dark pink lipstick and eyeshadow.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As human civilization developed in Egypt and Rome and India, lion and tiger populations were fragmented, decimated.
    Rebecca van Laer September 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And as the years went on, gentrification and development fragmented their own neighborhoods.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This once-passing fad, never projected by the originators or detractors to make it this far, had smashed every measurable and monetizable metric over the last half century.
    Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • At least four people were killed and eight injured when a gunman in a pickup truck smashed through the doors of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service attended by hundreds, opened fire and set the building ablaze.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Sectioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectioned. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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