sectioned

past tense of section

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sectioned
Verb
  • An explosion separated the Bell’s tail boom, main rotor, mast and transmission and sent the fuselage crashing into the ground.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As before, the Humane Editor uses a large central workspace subdivided into individual documents, here separated by backtick characters.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cali thought the connection had been severed.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There was the Algerian War, there was a lot of abuse, there was a lot of suffering, and today, relations between France and Algeria are severed.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The star's blonde hair was styled into a blowout with loose waves and worn parted down the middle.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The piece shows the king with hair parted down the middle and with a long goatee, photos show.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That's really the one of the criticisms about the opposition is that it's fragmented and therefore not effective.
    Leila Fadel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Kafka’s life and work are fragmented, so the film had to be fragmented too—piecing together shards of his fiction, his letters, and his lived experience.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After McNeil refused to get out of his car, Bowers smashed the driver’s side window, punched McNeil in the head and pulled him out of the SUV.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Protesters smashed windows and looted local businesses and set government buildings on fire.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Sectioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectioned. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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