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as in segment
a part of a sphere of activity
The outlook for jobs in the health-care sector of the economy is excellent.
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Recent Examples of sector
However, political interference has stopped deals from materializing, preventing the region’s banking sector to compete more seriously with Wall Street.
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Silvia Amaro,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has rebranded to BCI Cotton and introduced a new label for the fashion and textile sector.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
Even as other parts of the travel sector have shown signs of strain, with flight delays growing at some airports amid air traffic control staffing issues, travelers can expect their passports to be processed as usual.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
However, the brand has been orchestrating a return to the hotel sector since 2010.
—Rachel Chang, AFAR Media, 10 Oct. 2025
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Silvia Amaro,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has rebranded to BCI Cotton and introduced a new label for the fashion and textile sector.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
Even as other parts of the travel sector have shown signs of strain, with flight delays growing at some airports amid air traffic control staffing issues, travelers can expect their passports to be processed as usual.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
However, the brand has been orchestrating a return to the hotel sector since 2010.
—Rachel Chang, AFAR Media, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sector
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While new weapons were what Western observers were eager to get a look at, the parade also featured North Korean troops who fought against Ukraine, helping to expel Kyiv’s forces from the Kursk region of Russia earlier this year.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Laura Modiano, who heads up OpenAI's startups division in EMEA, drew a comparison between American and European founders based on her extensive work with founders across both regions and rolling out AI features.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
11 Oct. 2025
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It’s made of segments of the pandanus fruit.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Our Living Lands is a weekly radio segment that examines how climate change affects the health, culture, and environment of Indigenous communities.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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Maybe my favorite fact in the whole book is that your dealer was a member of the string section of the New York Philharmonic.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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And the section laying out the program curriculum is a paragraph long, stating the university and the company would work together to develop the curriculum.—
Chris Quintana,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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Among them is the Vuitton flagship on Via Montenapoleone in Milan, which opened in April; a Tiffany store in Tokyo’s Ginza district, which bowed in July, and an upcoming Loewe boutique opening in Ginza at the end of the year.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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The justices declined to hear an appeal from a group of Colorado parents seeking to sue their public school district over a policy that allegedly allows children to pursue gender transitions, and be supported by school staff, without any parental notification.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Hunters in alligator management zone 1 in southwest Arkansas checked 69 alligators, and hunters in south-central Arkansas, zone 2, harvested four.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Oct. 2025
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But instincts got to him, and one pitch later, Turang swung at a ball out of the zone to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 1-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sector. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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