Thesaurus results for SECTORS

sectors

noun

plural of sector

as in regions

a specific area or part of an area They worked in the industrial sector of the city.

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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 These are sectors where successes are built over decades rather than years. — Jan Larsson, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 Other sectors like industrial, regional malls, and even office are seeing positive returns, despite higher interest rates. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Some ETFs focus on sectors such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology or oil and gas. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026 Specifically, the executive order would need to set out which countries’ commercial sectors should be targeted for intelligence collection. — David S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 And with small California farms increasingly going out of business and more agricultural land being fallowed, the report’s findings help show how difficulties in the food production and processing industries could spell trouble for other sectors. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 But the sectors built on human presence, judgment and adaptability aren’t going anywhere. — Philip Weinberg, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Ellison will head the company’s strategy, creative and technology sectors, while Kreiz will focus on day-to-day operations and integrating the two companies, Paramount said in a statement. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Zelenskyy said Wednesday that Ukraine targeted two oil facilities and a training ground in the Perm, Samara and Astrakhan regions of Russia.

— SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
At the end of the project, Fashion for Good will release the Roadmap for Cotton Circularity report, which will lay out what is needed from a data perspective to scale the use of recycled cotton in different product verticals and regions.

— Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of regions

Noun

And look at the Johnson-less segments, like the overlong Weekend Update (more on that later) — or especially the stale-as-hell midterm ads political cold open, another excuse to run through all the usual impressions.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026
At the same time, nonalcoholic beer has been one of the few hot segments of the global beer industry.

— Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of segments

Noun

With both Better Homes & Gardens and Woman & Home publishing explainers, the term is primed to migrate into big-box home sections, subscription boxes and gift guides over the next holiday cycle.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026
The team broke down Mario’s possible path through a level into individual sections, each corresponding to a calculation instruction of the counting machine.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sections

Noun

The vast majority of lawmakers on Fairshake’s list represent safe districts, facing only token opposition in their general elections.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Democratic and Republican 2028 contenders alike have been heading to battleground states and districts to boost their names with voters, show campaigning prowess, and make key political allies across important areas of the country.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of districts

Noun

Construction zones proliferated in the area after the January 2025 fires that destroyed local homes and businesses, resulting in reduced speed limits.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Williams heads up the Rory Peck Trust, which provides funds and training to aid the security of freelance journalists who are reporting in perilous zones.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

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