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verb

past tense of segment

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Recent Examples of segmented
Adjective
At the time, professional wrestling was a segmented, regional business. Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 24 July 2025 The shoe’s segmented sole, reflective Swoosh and mesh-panel build emphasized technical performance. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 23 July 2025 Separated into two segments, including a broad carapace at the front of its body and a segmented trunk and tail at the back, the fossil species was traditionally thought to be an ancestor of the horseshoe crab today. Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2025 Meanwhile, work has become more precarious, less unionized, more segmented and less geographically stable. Nathan Meyers, The Conversation, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for segmented
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segmented
Adjective
  • Welcome to the ninth edition of The Alternative Premier League Table, where each Thursday, Anantaajith Raghuraman analyses the entire division through a specific lens.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Differences in specific genes may cause a person to metabolize caffeine quickly or slowly.
    Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Until recently, however, this critical industrial software field in China had been dominated by Western companies, leaving local firms with limited room to maneuver.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Camille Rowe reunited with Reformation for the brand’s latest collaboration with the French model and actress, introducing a new, limited-edition collection of feminine styles and sensual separates.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Consumers are also increasingly bifurcated.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Braude described Gaza’s reality as bifurcated.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Other viewers, meanwhile, shared similar stories of dogs with selective hearing.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But pop culture’s depiction of cowboys and the American West is selective.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Scholars are perpetually divided.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The situation is a potential turnaround from just six months ago, when Democrats and their allies were divided and despondent.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tallying the number of Americans detained by immigration agents is inherently messy and incomplete.
    Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Davis expressed frustration that the town's Facebook post phrasing was based on an assumption, despite incomplete records.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Other sites like Point Reyes National Seashore and Fort Point have partial closures, with some parking lots blocked or bathrooms locked.
    The NPR Network, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Another vote on stopgap funding to end the partial federal government shutdown failed Wednesday, with Indiana senators voting along party lines.
    Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But not everything can fit neatly in an eight-part series, and there’s a reason the case is still being dissected today.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mahomes dissected the Lions' secondary on Sunday night, throwing for 257 yards and three touchdowns.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Segmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segmented. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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