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Recent Examples of sectioning
After sectioning the hair further, Campora treated each two-inch section with Joico's JoiWhip Design Foam and blow-dried with a large round brush, pinned to set and cool.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sectioning
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The security perimeter kept demonstrators at a distance from the facility, with barricades and checkpoints separating roughly 100 protesters from the detention center.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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Historical memory is hugely helpful in separating false promises from sincere innovation, and that should make living legends ideal for steadying progress.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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Then came the collapse of the Assad regime, in Syria, severing the land route long used by Hezbollah to transport rockets, antitank missiles, and precision-guidance systems from its Iranian patron.—
Euan Ward,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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Cook County Judge Thomas Lyons, presiding judge of the Law Division, granted a motion from the city of Chicago to split the trial in two, severing the claims of negligent hiring by the city from the allegations around the shooting by Officer Eric Stillman.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Lemieux had looked good just days before, walking through fans parting in the Bell Centre concourse.—
Dan Robson,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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And the plan involves parting ways with businesses that have been in the bank’s portfolio for decades, such as retail banking in Russia, China, and Mexico.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
27 May 2026
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Blue light from screens suppresses melatonin by up to 80%, delaying sleep onset when viewed within an hour of bedtime and fragmenting deep sleep.—
John La Puma,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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Democratic Party leadership has expressed serious concern about the crowded eight-candidate Democratic field fragmenting voter support, with state party chair Rusty Hicks explicitly urging struggling candidates to withdraw to prevent two Republicans from advancing to the general election.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the middle class is splintering along generational lines.—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Too often, Democrats have minimized anti-Semitic excesses on campuses and within parts of the progressive ecosystem out of fear of splintering a coalition that includes activists whose politics have become intertwined with Palestinian solidarity.—
Michael W. Sonnenfeldt,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
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“Sectioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectioning. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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