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the process of dividing something into parts or segments
the segmentation of the population
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Recent Examples of segmentation
Nocella hinted at segmentation at the front of the plane, but stopped short of sharing details.
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 18 July 2025
That’s how spin-offs and breakups start: not with noise, but with accounting and segmentation.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Under Donahoe, Nike moved away from its sport segmentation and instead broke up its business into women’s, men’s and kids.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Even with the right technology and data, personalization can still fail due to simple human shortcomings, like marketers relying on assumptions based on broad segmentations or hesitating to deploy new technologies like AI.
—Bryan Gernert, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 18 July 2025
That’s how spin-offs and breakups start: not with noise, but with accounting and segmentation.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Under Donahoe, Nike moved away from its sport segmentation and instead broke up its business into women’s, men’s and kids.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Even with the right technology and data, personalization can still fail due to simple human shortcomings, like marketers relying on assumptions based on broad segmentations or hesitating to deploy new technologies like AI.
—Bryan Gernert, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segmentation
Noun
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The merger dissolution includes dropping of all legal claims.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
25 July 2025
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The dissolution of Metrograph Pictures is another sign of a contracting independent and studio film space, as layoffs continue industry-wide and buzzy festival acquisition titles remain without a home.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 July 2025
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Adding directors with executive leadership, capital allocation, and distribution expertise to replace board members that have overseen years of value destruction, likely targeting chairman Jonathan Peacock specifically, should signal to the market the start of a new chapter.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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Deadline first told you that Black Bear was launching a U.S. theatrical distribution arm led by former CAA Media Finance agent Benjamin Kramer.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Segmentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segmentation. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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