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Recent Examples of segmented
Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 26 Feb. 2026
That combination of features — translucent body, segmented frame, protruding teeth, up to 11 claws and enlarged thoracic spines — made the organism distinct enough to warrant an entirely new genus.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Gold said Ascension likely could have blocked the weaker Kerberos implementation in its main network and supported it only in a segmented part that tightly restricted the accounts that could use it.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Some areas are literally single hallways wedged between important rooms with nothing to find, while others are multi-segmented wings of a forest that could easily weave together organically if there wasn’t a mandate to play like a PS2 game.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
While Factor's meals are generally enjoyable and reasonably tasty—for whatever reason, the dishes tending toward Mexican food seemed to be better than the rest—there's just no denying that eating food out of segmented plastic tray is, um, uninspiring.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 26 Feb. 2026
That combination of features — translucent body, segmented frame, protruding teeth, up to 11 claws and enlarged thoracic spines — made the organism distinct enough to warrant an entirely new genus.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Gold said Ascension likely could have blocked the weaker Kerberos implementation in its main network and supported it only in a segmented part that tightly restricted the accounts that could use it.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Some areas are literally single hallways wedged between important rooms with nothing to find, while others are multi-segmented wings of a forest that could easily weave together organically if there wasn’t a mandate to play like a PS2 game.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segmented
Adjective
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Trump didn't offer specific details in the post on what the deal might include.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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Clarify roles, reduce unnecessary scope, and make expectations specific enough for everyone to follow.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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All of the villagers are understood to have entered the cave in search of gold, part of an informal mining economy that has expanded across parts of Laos in recent years, particularly in remote limestone and river basin regions where formal livelihoods are scarce and enforcement is limited.—
Kocha Olarn,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Yet barriers—insufficient research, limited care access, provider training, limited patient knowledge and skyrocketing costs—persist.—
Rachel Braun Scherl,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Verb
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In this scenario, a member's economic interest and other interests (voting rights and the like) would be carefully bifurcated, with the economic interest being transferrable and the other interests being non-transferrable.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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However, beneath the surface, Cramer said the market has become increasingly bifurcated, with investors piling into a narrow group of artificial intelligence winners while severely punishing companies that disappoint or simply fail to impress.—
Alexa LoMonaco,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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This is accomplished through adequate plant spacing and selective pruning.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
25 May 2026
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The initial tranche is slated to debut via a Bonhams online auction beginning May 24, followed by highly selective retail and on-premise placements.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Verb
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Today, Ethiopia — Africa’s second most populous nation with over 135 million people — stands deeply divided, facing violent ethnic conflicts, restrictions on free speech and crackdowns on dissent.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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At the broadest level, it is divided into the three independent interconnections.—
Sufan Jiang,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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Yet data on potential medication errors and adverse reactions to GLP-1 medications is incomplete, because many issues are never reported to federal officials.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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Officials at the children’s hospital said many of the young patients experience anxiety during MRI procedures, which can lead to them moving around, and that means incomplete scans or repeat imaging.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Those groups though, which campaign finance reports indicate received partial refunds, have now turned to support Becerra.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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Agents could operate with only partial information or hallucinated objectives.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Despite the obvious harmony, their friendship was endlessly dissected online.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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Since its debut on May 15, both true crime obsessives and curious onlookers have dissected the doc, which revisits the devastating case and its aftermath.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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“Segmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segmented. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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