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Recent Examples of segmented
Blair Braverman, Outside, 21 Jan. 2026
The empire relied heavily on accounting systems to manage labor, and the segmented, numerical layout of the Band of Holes would have lent itself to tracking these sorts of transactions.
—New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2025
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
Their segmented bodies merged and contracted, so that the brown patterning on their backs seemed to shimmer in the light.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 21 Jan. 2026
The empire relied heavily on accounting systems to manage labor, and the segmented, numerical layout of the Band of Holes would have lent itself to tracking these sorts of transactions.
—New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2025
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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His contention is that the people who inhabit the paintings are breathing a specific spiritual atmosphere, bred by the company that Vermeer kept.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The team lost Julie Allemand to Toronto in expansion, creating room in the backcourt but a specific need for a facilitator.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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China replied with a limited list of individual companies that were allowed to sell to China, but without explanation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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People may benefit from a structured, straightforward assessment process conducted by qualified professionals, offering faster access and easier navigation compared to traditional models with long waitlists and limited specialists.—
Lucy Jones
April 11,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Now we’re bifurcated, with roughly a third of our households not meeting self-sufficiency standards, and more than a third achieving wealth that was unimaginable a generation ago.—
Russell Hancock,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Iran has effectively bifurcated the strait between its traditional Navy and the more aggressive Revolutionary Guard.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Select—and selective—five-star hotels are increasingly screening would-be guests for desirability rather than ability to pay.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
11 Apr. 2026
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While a trickle of ships have been allowed to go through, it’s been very selective and a toll of about $2 million is required.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In Budapest ahead of the vote, people were divided on whether Orbán’s long political rule could really come to an end.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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Dining on one popular cruise ship is getting a comfort-food shakeup — and passengers are divided over the change.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The totals are incomplete because agencies like the FBI have found ways to access the data without reporting the searches publicly, said Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Missing lab work, an incomplete prior authorization or a documentation error can often be corrected and then resubmitted.—
Jay Sparks,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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While solar eclipses, partial and total, have been captured on film, physical and digital, many times, these videos include the application of a solar filter on top of the camera’s lens.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
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The caucus also would deliver another $82 million in annual relief by creating a new exemption for tips earnings and expanding the state’s partial tax exemption on Social Security income to a full exclusion.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For another person, having the flaws in one’s assumptions dissected before an audience of peers might have snuffed out any curiosity about human evolution.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
7 Apr. 2026
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Pritchard dissected Milwaukee’s defense at all three levels during that flurry, converting two layups, two 3-pointers and one nine-foot fadeaway.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Segmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segmented. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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