sectioning

present participle of section

Example Sentences

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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. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sectioning
Verb
  • As the vehicle was carried into a wash north of West Main Street, it was overtaken by floodwaters, separating Aguilera-Padilla and Xavier, who had managed to exit the vehicle.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Though he was stationed at the fryer, Saft organized the stockroom on his own time, separating sauces from Happy Meal toys.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sheep wag their tails when happy, just like dogs — yet many are robbed of this simple joy in the wool industry, where tail severing is routine.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Still, any Emirati response would likely stop at downgrading diplomatic ties rather than severing them, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
    Yossi Shelley, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That was one guest’s parting words to another, after Tuesday night’s dinner for the inaugural Tom Wolfe Prizes for Fiction & Reportage at the Waverly Inn.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • His teammates gave him parting gifts – two-run home runs from Hyeseong Kim and Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani’s 55th homer of the season – and sent Kershaw out a winner for the 223rd time as the Dodgers finished their regular-season schedule with a 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Achieving multiplatinum certification in America after selling over 8 million copies and spending seventeen non-consecutive weeks at #1, Synchronicity left Sting with few creative or financial reasons to remain in the fragmenting band.
    Mike Alleyne, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land and altering ancient reindeer migration routes.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And privately, the family was splintering.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Kerkering fired a sinker that ran in on Pages’ hands, splintering his bat.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Sectioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectioning. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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