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as in segment
a part of a sphere of activity
The outlook for jobs in the health-care sector of the economy is excellent.
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Recent Examples of sector
His decision comes as Germany faces increasing scrutiny over restrictions across its cultural sector.
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Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Trump’s tariffs could reshape one of retail’s most booming sectors: fast fashion
Hefty taxes on imports from the U.S.’ biggest trading partners have been averted at least temporarily by Mexico and Canada, but not China, which had an additional 10% tariff imposed on its goods this week.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
The Del Rio sector – which is the same sector that would sustain over 4,000 crossings per day during the height of the border crisis in December 2023 – only recorded 60 crossings.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
While Lebanese army soldiers are dispersed across the south's western sector, Israeli troops remained in control of most of the southeastern sector.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Jan. 2025
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Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Trump’s tariffs could reshape one of retail’s most booming sectors: fast fashion
Hefty taxes on imports from the U.S.’ biggest trading partners have been averted at least temporarily by Mexico and Canada, but not China, which had an additional 10% tariff imposed on its goods this week.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
The Del Rio sector – which is the same sector that would sustain over 4,000 crossings per day during the height of the border crisis in December 2023 – only recorded 60 crossings.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
While Lebanese army soldiers are dispersed across the south's western sector, Israeli troops remained in control of most of the southeastern sector.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sector
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The extreme cold in comes as other regions of the country are expected to see dangerous winter conditions this week.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Years of bad weather in the key cocoa-producing region of West Africa and the cocoa swollen shoot virus disease have hampered production.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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The study shows that the Palisades fire area has the highest proportion of LEP Asians, followed by those living in the Eaton evacuation zone, where a large segment of the Asian population is located.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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His lab is doing experiments to see whether the N segment of D1.1 viruses might allow the H protein to change and more easily infect humans.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In a social media post on Wednesday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called for the termination of financial agreements supporting an additional tranche of funding approved under a section of the IRA called the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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Paramount will also take up a section of the townhouse to fête Gladiator II’s three nods as will Black Bear for the aforementioned Conclave and Sing Sing.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2025
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How schools spent federal aid money mattered: Student achievement grew more in districts that spent federal relief money on academic interventions like tutoring or summer school rather than facility upgrades or mental health supports.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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The other approximate $1 million needed for the repair will come via a $600,000 grant awarded by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources last year with the balance coming from the district’s capital reserve funds.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Cooking with multiple zones also required difficult and often confusing recipe conversions, and cooktimes stretched quite long.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
6 Feb. 2025
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Growing milkweed from seed is an easy way to make your garden a monarch landing zone.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sector. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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