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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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New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
As far as other preparations the hotel is taking, Wolfe says the staff has put up double-paned glass partitions along the walkway connecting the tower with the main hotel building, which is usually open air.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Dalia Hatuqa, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2017
Any negotiation in the current circumstances would at best leave Ukraine crippled, partitioned, and at the mercy of a second Russian invasion.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
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Noun
The front loft above the kitchen is big enough for a queen bed and uses a closet as a partition for semi-privacy.
—New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
As far as other preparations the hotel is taking, Wolfe says the staff has put up double-paned glass partitions along the walkway connecting the tower with the main hotel building, which is usually open air.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Verb
In 1988, with the first intifada under way, PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat went to the United Nations and accepted Resolution 181, which partitioned the land into a Jewish state and a Palestinian one.
—Dalia Hatuqa, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2017
Any negotiation in the current circumstances would at best leave Ukraine crippled, partitioned, and at the mercy of a second Russian invasion.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
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“Partition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partition. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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