sectioning

present participle of section

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sectioning
Verb
  • Thurman, 55, filed for divorce from Hawke in 2004, after separating the year before.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Joy and grief, there’s no separating the two, period.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Loro Piana has reaffirmed its commitment to improving its supply chain auditing, severing ties with suppliers found in violation of its agreements, as did Valentino, Giorgio Armani and Dior.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Before probation officers could carry out Keesler’s order and fix a monitor to Altunar’s leg, ICE agents again took him into custody — this time severing him from his lawyer for about a month, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The 50-year-old Dutchman had been without a club since parting company with Turkish outfit Besiktas last November.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Of course, there was still the series' finale to look forward to and consider — at least that might leave audiences with a blissful, parting image of Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The absence of visible conflict or resistance can feel like alignment, when in fact the team is quietly fragmenting.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Agricultural activities in Africa are increasingly fragmenting wildland areas that are prone to burning.
    Seyd Teymoor Seydi, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Tamsin points with her chin at a splintering sign planted in the sand.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Advertisement But even such splintering policies impact all of us.
    Stacey Abrams, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Sectioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectioning. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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