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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
Private-sector sources, including the university’s sentiment survey, provide a partial substitute amid the blackout.
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Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
An ally of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, the appointment of the billionaire, could signal a shift toward more private-sector leadership.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Icahn has invested across all sectors over his more than six-decade long career and has a long history in the automotive parts and services industry.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
But lots of people in these sectors are losing work at the moment.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
An ally of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, the appointment of the billionaire, could signal a shift toward more private-sector leadership.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Icahn has invested across all sectors over his more than six-decade long career and has a long history in the automotive parts and services industry.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
But lots of people in these sectors are losing work at the moment.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sector
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sector
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Across the capital region, additional protests were scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Davis, Gold River, Woodland, Roseville and Vacaville.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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Lastly, as Archaeology News reported, Britain was never isolated from the rest of the continent, and it was connected to distant regions, too.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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After Whoopi Goldberg's Finding Your Roots segment revealed that football player Tony Gonzalez is her distant cousin, the actress invited the former athlete to The View.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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These ads showed images of tractors, mountains of blueberries and a man’s hands massaging a clump of dirt, each segment highlighting a different part of the industry.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Table of Contents is divided along the parts of a young body, with sections titled Heads Up!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Barry points to the central section of the pitch, on either side of the halfway line, to make his point.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Walsh thinks that if HJR 4209 were to pass, costly lawsuits would follow the loss of Republican districts.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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The idea is that districts could better coordinate and share some of the more expensive and difficult-to-find resources, such as speech language pathologists or school psychologists.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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The pilot program, if passed, would run for 18 months, and the new zone would be between Market and Folsom streets and South Van Ness Avenue and Third Street.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Use extra caution near the surf zone as these large waves will be capable of sweeping people into the frigid and turbulent ocean water.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sector. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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