trisected

Definition of trisectednext
past tense of trisect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trisected
Verb
  • Within a stone’s throw of national recreation lands, Redding is bisected by the scenic Sacramento River and has a skyline dominated by Mount Shasta.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The city is bordered by Detroit to the south, sits just south of I-696 and is bisected by I-75.
    Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 7 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Iran’s opposition is weak, divided, largely in exile.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 11 Jan. 2026
  • But our fragmented media landscape and the dominance of social media have left us polarized and divided.
    Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Papers had been presented, models dissected, scenarios examined.
    Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In Mangione, the couple has found a celebrity defendant drawing a particularly personal degree of investment from his fans, with his facial expressions and movements in court dissected for meaning in online communities.
    Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • America’s economy has been increasingly bifurcated for quite some time – with the exception of a few years following the pandemic.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Looking ahead, Rees said the North American consumer is bifurcated, with highly affluent shoppers in great financial shape and a large portion of customers at the lower end who are super cautious about their spending and buying closer to need.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The job cuts have been anticipated for weeks, particularly because NBC News Group, an umbrella division that encompassed both the aforementioned cable networks as well as businesses associated with NBC News, is being cleaved in two, and revenue from cable will now go to feed operations at Versant.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Israeli military has now begun its retreat out of Gaza City, and vacated the Netzarim Corridor, which had cleaved Gaza in two, between north and south.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their relationship hasn't been without bumps — the pair briefly split in 2015 — but the couple has managed to weather the ups and downs.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • For a splurge, split a stateroom in The Haven by Norwegian, a ship-within-a-ship concept offering luxury accommodations and 24-hour butler service.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Per the Hindu, Das' head had been separated from his body in the attack.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
  • This design consists of an aluminum (Al) foil anode current collector, an S8 cathode, sodium dicyanamide (NaDCA) in a non-flammable chloroaluminate electrolyte, separated with a glass fiber.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Trisected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trisected. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.

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