as in parts
one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled
I think I lost one segment of this model kit
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Recent Examples of segments
Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2026
The team led by Professor Daniela Kraft and researcher Mengshi Wei built the robots as flexible chains of connected segments.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
After a few hours, the two groups returned to their usual segments.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
However, the decision received some criticism from segments of a fanbase that didn’t love the Yankees’ run-it-back winter and wondered if Grisham’s success was sustainable.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Joint motion across the body was more coordinated, and variability was reduced in key segments of the movement, particularly at the wrist and elbow.
—David Van Den Heever, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
Targeting instructions compatible with major digital media platforms, then guide spend toward the A and B segments, which can be identified at the rooftop or household level, where permissible.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
The belief is that intense, focused segments help ingrain the principles the Gators live by on the court.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
Beyond the Chinese New Year season, a February report from DaXue Consulting also highlighted tangible goods like aromatherapy candles and cosmetics, as growing segments in China’s emotional economy.
—Matthew Chin,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
Nini makes an admirable attempt here, but again Ru’s character is playing against rather than with her to such a degree that, as in all these segments, things just devolve into screaming overtop each other.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2026
The team led by Professor Daniela Kraft and researcher Mengshi Wei built the robots as flexible chains of connected segments.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
After a few hours, the two groups returned to their usual segments.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
However, the decision received some criticism from segments of a fanbase that didn’t love the Yankees’ run-it-back winter and wondered if Grisham’s success was sustainable.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Joint motion across the body was more coordinated, and variability was reduced in key segments of the movement, particularly at the wrist and elbow.
—David Van Den Heever, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
Targeting instructions compatible with major digital media platforms, then guide spend toward the A and B segments, which can be identified at the rooftop or household level, where permissible.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
The belief is that intense, focused segments help ingrain the principles the Gators live by on the court.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
Beyond the Chinese New Year season, a February report from DaXue Consulting also highlighted tangible goods like aromatherapy candles and cosmetics, as growing segments in China’s emotional economy.
—Matthew Chin,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segments
Noun
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There are bodies made from scrap metal, bodies pierced with tentacles and affixed with screens for nipples and eyes, bodies broken down for parts, and walls lined with images of skin.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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While representing the southwest Salt Lake Valley and parts of deep-red Utah County in the former 4th district, he was considered the most conservative House Democrat during his single term by one analysis, before losing reelection to a Republican.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Authorities say large portions of concrete are impacting both sides of the freeway.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The outage spanned sections of North County, including Escondido, Encinitas and Carlsbad, as well as portions of SDG&E’s service territory in Orange County.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The bill would eliminate some offerings, including virtual driver’s education, a literacy program for students in grades K-5 and custom sections.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Mar. 2026
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However, most of my friends in France use the readily available prepackaged pàte brisée from the refrigerator sections of supermarkets.—
Georgeanne Brennan,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At the April Missouri local elections, ISD voters will also choose two new board of education members.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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Troopers have determined the bus was carrying about 60 seventh and eighth grade students and adult staff members when the engine compartment began to smoke just south of Exit 32.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
6 Dec. 2025
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For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos.—
San Francisco Chronicle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 July 2021
Verb
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Throughout her lifetime, muralist and collector Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad — who splits her time between Minnesota and California — has built a collection of paintings, sculptures and religious art that showcases the intersection of the geography of the American West with Latin American culture.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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Christian Brothers is among the largest private schools in New Jersey, a state that splits its playoffs into private and public school divisions.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Druski's skit divides social media In the skit, Druski is seen portraying a white woman with blonde hair, which viewers compared to Erica Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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The river supplies drinking water and irrigation to tens of millions of people across the West, but the system that divides its water, based on agreements more than a century old, is under increasing strain after years of drought and declining reservoir levels.—
Amalia Roy,
FOXNews.com,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Her own divorce, then, represented a shattering—of a home, of an identity, of a life—a process that Cusk dissects with a surgeon’s coolness and precision.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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Chris McKenna dissects a rollercoaster evening at Turf Moor.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Segments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segments. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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