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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
Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
The date coincides with Nov. 29, 1947, when the U.N. voted on the partition plan of Palestine and the creation of the independent Jewish state of Israel.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2024
Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
The idea of equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians in a shared state has been around for decades, perhaps as long as have efforts to partition the land.
—Yousef Munayyer, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
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Noun
Architect Bo Lee designed a steel-and-glass partition for the foyer, where Frannie and Posie, Abigail Klem Spector’s coton de tulear dogs, sit, and created a black-and-white floor with Statuary and Nero Marquina marbles.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
The date coincides with Nov. 29, 1947, when the U.N. voted on the partition plan of Palestine and the creation of the independent Jewish state of Israel.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2024
Verb
Our predecessors partitioned that day into 24 hours.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
The idea of equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians in a shared state has been around for decades, perhaps as long as have efforts to partition the land.
—Yousef Munayyer, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
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Featuring culturally relevant food icons and portion lines for different age groups, the simple bowl and spoon sets improve meal planning and feeding.Cynthia Tully, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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The civil war forced millions of Syrians to flee their country, making up a significant portion of the over one million people who journeyed to Germany and neighboring Austria during the European migration crisis of 2015 and 2016.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Simply unzip its top and the sides fold down, revealing compartments, pouches, and adjustable dividers that keep items organized.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
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As Architectural Record points out, Ban’s interest in movable design is in reference to Japanese shoji screens, which were traditionally doors or room dividers that could be opened and closed or moved around to easily reconfigure the layout of a space.Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024
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Lopez also canceled her summer tour in May amid the split.Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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The network is anticipating a ratings uptick once the new administration is up and running, but the situation is fluid: There is the uncertainty about how the split from the mothership will play out, what with NBC News providing content and correspondents.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
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Fragmenting Large Tasks Task fragmentation, like other productivity methods that rank tasks in order of importance, is a useful approach to segmenting large projects into smaller, more manageable pieces.Allen Kopelman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Its technology allows companies to segment their audience based on customer behaviors, preferences and purchase history, and to offer a range of tools for marketing automation.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
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As Assad fell, Israeli tanks and troops crossed into Syria and seized a hundred and fifty square miles of the Golan Heights, a demilitarized zone patrolled by the U.N. since 1974, as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire after the last war between Israel and Syria.Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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General Motors, for its part, is flooding the market in 2025 with new EVs.Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Another question about the fence: What’s to keep people from walking to the end and stepping around it?Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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The Felician softball program has already raised about $45,000, some of which is going toward moving in the fences.Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Prescott presents the dissolution of the monasteries from the numerous interlaced viewpoints of ordinary people – nuns made homeless, devout country people bewildered, the instigators of the Pilgrimage of Grace heading towards their ghastly ends.The Week UK, theweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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The high-voltage operation leads to issues such as transition metal dissolution, corrosion stress cracking and electrolyte oxidation, which result in poor coulombic efficiency and short cycle life.Matthew Dawson, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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And the House Democratic caucus has been divided over whether to touch the minimum wage and paid sick leave laws.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2024
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And the Crime Stoppers reward could be divided among dozens of tips that the police say were helpful in the investigation.Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Partition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partition. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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