trisected

Definition of trisectednext
past tense of trisect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trisected
Verb
  • The conservatory opens out to a small woodland — call it Glazer Shire — bisected by a small creek.
    Mark Lamster Architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In fact, the trend in recent times has been to rejoin urban neighborhoods that were bisected by interstate highway construction in the 1960s.
    Ian Savage, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • There is no clear successor to Iran's Islamic leadership, with opposition groups divided and considered to have no large bases of support within the country.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
  • In North Carolina and nationwide, reaction to the attack quickly divided along party lines.
    Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Her image lives on almost exclusively through paparazzi photos — photos that have been dissected and cataloged for a generation of fashion aficionados.
    Chloe Melas, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
  • His mistakes were all over the film as the Huskies dissected one of their worst defensive performances of the season.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • By the end of the 20th century, the assignments bifurcated.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Feb. 2026
  • In practice, CVs are being used across a market that has become increasingly bifurcated.
    Sunaina Sinha Haldea, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Cyprus was cleaved along ethnic lines in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup aiming to unite the island with Greece.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Perceptions about the country’s and states' trajectories cleaved along partisan lines for respondents in both Houston and Chicago.
    Maliya Ellis, Houston Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The title game will be March 4 at Unrivaled’s home arena in Miami, with a prize pool of $600,000 to be split among players from the championship-winning club.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Britain split away on the second leg, looking for better wind.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But the Texas Supreme Court, at the behest of state Attorney General Ken Paxton, ruled the Dallas County ballots cast after the original close of polls had to be separated from other ballots.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Those ballots have been separated from the others and have not been counted, Dallas County elections spokesperson Nic Solorzano said.
    Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Once they're quartered, drizzle them with cream and top them with white cake mix and butter.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Close-quartered and stylish, the movie begins at a Gothic New England mansion where the wealthy patriarch Harlan Thrombey has been found with his throat slit.
    Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Trisected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trisected. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.

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