sectors

noun

plural of sector
1
as in regions
a specific area or part of an area They worked in the industrial sector of the city.

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2
as in segments
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 sectors Travel, hospitality, construction, and entertainment are among the key sectors expected to benefit from the events over the next few years. — Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026 As the government subsidizes these sectors, the price of goods and services rises. — Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026 At the same time, China is widening its lead in sectors such as electric vehicles, advanced robots, and life sciences. — Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2026 The focus of fashion apparel leaders on productivity is also shared across other industries and sectors. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026 Corporations have responded with caution, especially in regulated sectors like banking and healthcare, confining deployments to narrow pilots whose early returns are far more modest than AI enthusiasts advertise. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026 The conflict has collapsed vital export sectors, disrupted seasonal harvests, and destroyed livelihoods. — Mat Nashed, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026 The flip side is there's a rotation into defensive pockets of the market, with healthcare and consumer staples sitting as the best-performing sectors in the S & P 500 . — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 To spread the benefits beyond the capital, the city is working with Bank Indonesia’s Jakarta representative office on the film and creative economy sectors, and is inviting filmmakers and industry players to its film summit and festival. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sectors
  1. regions
  2. segments
  3. sections
  4. districts
  5. zones
Noun
  • So Dzirasa began contemplating other ways to connect two disparate brain regions.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The crisis has intensified pressure on humanitarian organizations to deliver food in some of the world's most dangerous and inaccessible regions.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of regions
Noun
  • The tower’s primary façade is divided into three segments facing southeast.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • At several venues, Manifesta 16 seems to be inviting segments of the local population to their own wake.
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of segments
Noun
  • Some are high, some low, some wide, some narrow, and there are also cobblestone sections.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The Colorado Department of Transportation also reported substantial flood damage to highways in the region, with sections of roadway undermined by floodwaters.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of sections
Noun
  • After the issue was identified, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office directed districts to pause electronic disbursements using BM Technologies and issue paper checks or other payment methods instead.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Early voting trends and stories about how long the lines are in reliably red or blue districts are tempting to use as data points — but are notoriously misleading.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of districts
Noun
  • The project also includes two helicopter landing zones, vegetation clearing to reduce wildfire risks and areas where trees and other vegetation have been thinned to help slow the spread of fires and support emergency crews.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The mature sizes and hardiness zones for the first three species were covered in other sections above.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of zones

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