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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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Great Again slogan appears just below the line separating overt and covert white supremacy.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
11 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, parchment is often used for storage purposes, separating layers of baked goods like cookies or brownies to prevent them from sticking together.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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Wilders had presented a 10-point plan focused on immigration and anti-Islam policies, including freezing asylum applications from Muslim-majority countries, leaving the European Union’s free-movement scheme, cutting foreign aid, and severing ties with Qatar and Saudi Arabia.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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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
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Love, give me lips and noses, skin parting tangy skin.—
Carson Colenbaugh,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
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Daedone persuaded the swelling ranks of OM enthusiasts, givers and receivers alike, to join an experiment in communal living, gradually parting them from their wealth and autonomy.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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Members of the caucus emerged from a two-hour meeting on Thursday declaring that the 47-member group is coalescing around a unified strategy rather than splintering into factions, which could mean the government funding fight lasts well beyond the current 37 days.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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And privately, the family was splintering.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Sectioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectioning. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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