trisecting

Definition of trisectingnext
present participle of trisect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trisecting
Verb
  • For the quintessential Glacier National Park visit, take the Going-to-the-Sun Road for 50 miles of stunning vistas, bisecting the east and west sides of the park.
    Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Valley Fair, located on Stevens Creek Boulevard, sits both in San Jose and Santa Clara, with the city border bisecting the property.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Cool the sauce quickly by dividing it into multiple shallow containers, and make sure to refrigerate within two hours of cooking.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Heating Degree Days are calculated by taking the day's high temperature and adding it to the day's low temperature, then dividing by 2 and subtracting that value from 65.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • After all, the story is so endlessly compelling that people are still discussing and dissecting it 200 years later.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin isn’t budging on his decision to keep the party’s internal report dissecting 2024 election losses under wraps — despite previously committing to releasing it.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This also happens at a moment where the venture capital goalposts are moving—the industry is bifurcating into asset managers and smaller shops, while politics is becoming an increasingly complicated flashpoint.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The lens surface gradually transitions in prescription strength, with no lines bifurcating your vision.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The robots were able to self-organize and divide tasks on their own, including splitting into teams to tackle separate fire outbreaks.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Although the servicing stop for the California Zephyr is too short to explore beyond the platform, Denver is a great overnight choice for passengers splitting up the 43-hour journey.
    Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • And of course, from a more skeptical perspective, the whole project could be described as cleaving close to the wisdom of the strippers in Gypsy.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dark Renaissance will teach you a great deal about Marlowe’s brilliance and the Elizabethan era—its theater, the aristocracy, the spy craft, and the finer points of drawing and quartering religious dissidents.
    Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Friday’s event was not the first time the President has delivered such overtly political remarks at military venues, testing the tradition of separating the armed forces from partisan politics.
    Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The field is tightly bunched, with just over a second separating the top 10.
    Sean Nevin, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Trisecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trisecting. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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