sections 1 of 2

noun

plural of section
1
as in districts
an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature several abandoned warehouses in the city's industrial section are being converted into art galleries and artists' lofts

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as in parts
one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled had trouble fitting the sections of the bookcase together

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sections

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verb

present tense third-person singular of section
as in fragments

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Recent Examples of sections
Noun
The Post confirmed that in each of the five spots, five hours or more had elapsed between when adjacent sections were sprayed. — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026 Bulldozers shuffled right through the rubble to make roads that cut Gaza into separate sections. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 The team also developed another alloy designed for hotter sections of jet engines, where temperatures can reach 1,832°F (1,000°C). — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026 Belgian filmmaker Fabrice du Welz will preside over the jury for the international competition at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, part of a full slate of juries the festival has revealed across its sections. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 July 2026 The figure itself seems to comprise separate sections, with a copper base differing from the rest of the piece. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026 The pomegranate will open, but the seeds will remain together in sections. — Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 July 2026 The most vivid sections focus on Garland, whose mood swings Minelli had to manage as a teenager, said The Sunday Times. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 9 July 2026 Florida East Coast Railway, which owned the corridor and ran freight trains on the line, closed it in sections and finally removed the rails around 2005. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sections
  1. districts
  2. parts
  3. fragments
  4. neighborhoods
  5. portions
  6. quarters
  7. segments
  8. zones
Noun
  • Now more than ever, the opportunity is to create edtech tools that deliver the measurable gains districts want to see for their students and teachers.
    — Ulrich Boser, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • The two remaining students already were of junior high school age and were in the midst of attending middle school in neighboring districts as part of an agreement that McAuley leaders reached with District 33 in the late 1980s.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of districts
Noun
  • Severe droughts and searing heat across vast swathes of southern Europe destroyed large parts of the olive oil harvest, culminating in a dizzying price rally that shocked industry veterans and consumers alike.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • Building a track car sidesteps all the hardest parts of car manufacturing—like bringing it up to safety, emissions, and other compliance standards for road cars.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 16 July 2026
Definition of parts
Verb
  • Without them, micro-cultures form around individual leaders, and the organization fragments.
    — Caitlin Hewes, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Technology fragments children’s attention spans.
    — Kira Willey, CNBC, 17 June 2026
Definition of fragments
Noun
  • Dickens has said extending the life of the tax districts is necessary to help develop Atlanta’s historically underserved neighborhoods and bridge the city’s massive wealth divide.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
  • This doesn’t mean that residents have access to a kind of Megan’s Law list to be able to find out who is brewing what chemistry concoctions in their neighborhoods, though.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of neighborhoods
Noun
  • The systems target demanding high-performance computing (HPC) workloads alongside emerging agentic AI applications that can automate portions of scientific research and engineering analysis.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
  • These metropolitan economies are often more connected to global markets and peer cities than to large portions of their own states.
    — John Eger, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Definition of portions
Noun
  • The analyst noted that ET has announced new gas projects consistently in recent quarters.
    — TipRanks.com Staff, CNBC, 19 July 2026
  • Visitors can poke around in buildings like the soldiers’ barracks, the hospital, the officers’ quarters, and the Catholic chapel, many of which contain period artifacts and informative exhibits.
    — Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026
Definition of quarters
Noun
  • Consumer spending is higher, charge-offs are lower, and savings investments are growing across customer segments.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • In these segments, memory can now easily account for half of the total manufacturing cost.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
Definition of segments
Noun
  • Authorities issued an evacuation warning for two zones north of the highway, as well as a third zone south of the highway but to the east of where evacuation orders were in place.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • Petunias are typically grown as annuals, but they can be cultivated as perennials in zones 10 and 11.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
Definition of zones

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“Sections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sections. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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