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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sector
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As research advances and deployments grow through 2026 and beyond, dynamic on-the-move EV charging is becoming an increasingly plausible part of the future transport landscape—advancing one corridor, one region, and one innovation at a time.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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El Dorado County results Measure G was the lone local ballot measure not tied to a neighborhood zone of benefit across the six-county Sacramento region in Tuesday’s special election for Proposition 50, which passed by a wide majority.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Sony’s imaging and sensing solutions segment develops and manufactures advanced semiconductor products for a wide range of applications, from smartphones to automotive and industrial systems.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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In previous studies, botanists have cut the saguaros into segments to better understand their inner architecture, testing a cactus’s flexibility by adding weights to the different sections of the column.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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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
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While leading the community services district, Loewen also worked as a business development consultant and senior manager for DTA, according to a confidential investigative report issued in 2023 after residents complained about Loewen’s conduct.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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The score keeps the district at roughly the same spot as the previous two years.—
Dmitry Martirosov,
Arkansas Online,
12 Nov. 2025
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Significant diplomatic and military visits followed, as well as Chinese support for Bangladesh’s involvement in naval exercises with Pakistan (a longtime Indian rival), Chinese defense technology transfers, and Chinese investment in infrastructure and economic zones.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Any slip below those zones could reignite selling pressure.—
Sidhartha Shukla,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sector. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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