trisected

Definition of trisectednext
past tense of trisect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trisected
Verb
  • During the game, Kailey sat with their mother, Carol, in the middle of the stands that bisected each student section.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • The list is divided into categories, with a number of members falling under each one.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Before this recent reunion, the band was only together for three years, from 1994 to 1997, and that’s with a couple of major lineup changes that divided its fan base.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • All of this has already been dissected, especially after president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski questioned last October whether Harper could return to an elite level.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This entire season has dissected the way that modern society conflates existential and economic purpose.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 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
  • But there’s one factor helping them on Iran policy right now, two decades after Iraq cleaved the Democratic Party in two.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 28 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Proposition 50 also split the sprawling district held by Kiley, a Republican from Rocklin, into six pieces, leaving the Northern California congressman and frequent Newsom critic with few good options.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • However, in the aftermath of their legendary Woodstock performance, Country Joe and the Fish split up, and McDonald embarked on his own solo career beginning with 1969’s Thinking of Woody Guthrie, a collection of songs by the folk legend.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 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 9 Mar. 2026.

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