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as in portion
one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled
one of the partitions of a prefabricated house
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as in split
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces
the partition of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia
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as in to segment
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Recent Examples of partition
Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
The incendiary painting on the panel featured a map of Israel, resembling a watermelon, without the West Bank or Gaza partition.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
Somdeb Majumdar, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2024
Step 4 of the Install Ubuntu tutorial below will offer to partition your hard drive.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Apr. 2013
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Noun
For any integer, the number of partitions satisfying each condition will always be equal.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
The incendiary painting on the panel featured a map of Israel, resembling a watermelon, without the West Bank or Gaza partition.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
The first step is to partition the chip into high-level functional blocks, such as CPU cores, memory blocks, and so on.
—Somdeb Majumdar, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2024
Step 4 of the Install Ubuntu tutorial below will offer to partition your hard drive.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Apr. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partition
Noun
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Heavy snow of up to 9 inches was possible for portions of Central and Southern Delaware and Northeast Maryland.—
Joe Edwards,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers.—
Vogue Club,
Vogue,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Winter Collection, which includes an armchair, couch, divider, lighting and blanket, will debut Feb. 6 at Dubai’s renowned collectible design space, Gallery Collectional.—
Sofia Celeste,
WWD,
31 Jan. 2025
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The interior of each hardshell bag was surprisingly roomy and offered ample organization, including mesh pockets, compression straps, zippered dividers, and more.—
Alyssa Brascia,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Jan. 2025
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However, the pair explicitly revealed their split to PEOPLE in January 2005.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Due to the split, championship teams have to win six playoff games compared to seven.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Its trailing branches are flat, green and segmented without sharp spines.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2025
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By segmenting leads based on variables like location, product or performance, Sales Ops can route leads more efficiently to ensure better resource allocation, boost overall sales performance and identify top performers.—
Amit Ashkenazi,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Vought, 48, previously served as director of the OMB during part of President Donald Trump’s first term.—
Zach Halaschak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
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Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Ruth Couch was one of dozens of volunteers who spent Martin Luther King Jr. weekend painting wooden panels that will become pieces of the site fence.—
Sierra Lopez,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Many responses argued the neighbors should’ve stayed on their side of the fence while advising the pet owner to set up cameras in her yard.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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The potential dissolution between the Kings and their franchise player could be traced back more than a year.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
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In the past, Israel exercised caution in assisting Ukraine, supplying Kyiv with early warning radars and humanitarian aid but eschewing deeper cooperation, fearing retaliation against Russian Jews and the dissolution of the deconfliction channels with Russia in Syria.—
Nicole Grajewski,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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That’s another factor that keeps the market sharply divided between the Americans who already own and those trying to get a foot in the door.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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Three years after 9/11, America is divided and George W. Bush is president.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Partition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partition. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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