How to Use segmentation in a Sentence

segmentation

noun
  • Nowhere is the segmentation worse, or anger more evident, than up in the air.
    Nelson D. Schwartz, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2020
  • But segmentation is more difficult now than in the past, Mr. Medairy of Booz Allen said.
    James Rundle, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2020
  • The buggy brown hare’s mask body, ribbed with the tying thread for segmentation, looks like the shuck of a nymph, and the sprig of deer hair seems to suggest the emerging fly’s wings and limbs.
    Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Over time, as our tissues thin and drop, a sort of segmentation occurs.
    Jolene Edgar, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The first thing to do is a retailer should be using segmentation.
    Gary Drenik, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Despite the market’s segmentation, Jope doesn’t believe the era of the billion-dollar brand is over.
    Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The genes that orchestrate the segmentation clock are conserved across species.
    Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • But the hyper-segmentation of the internet has, in some ways, decentralized the power long held by art world elites.
    Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The segmentation of the game suggested the sequences of seduction.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • There were two main tasks: segmentation and ink detection.
    Tomas Weber, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The most important point is that the Tully monster had segmentation in its head region that extended from its body.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Even with that well-intentioned stab at segmentation, the attacker can simply springboard from the camera to attack the router next.
    Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Do your segmentation for today, but also plan to stay relevant for the future.
    Forrester, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • Hyper-segmentation is almost built into the K-pop framework as groups have so many voices to spotlight.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2019
  • About a year ago, the company released new ground segmentation Lenses.
    Rebecca Bellan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • This can be in terms of content creation, email marketing through email segmentation, or offers and giveaways.
    Yec, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Lacking segmentation, their bodies and heads are merged, tucked away into a globular shell along with the creature’s appendages.
    Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2016
  • One piece of legislation called for market segmentation, meaning that the appeals would have to be based on similar big box buildings in the same kind of market.
    Karen Caffarini, Post-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Learn more The overlooked beauty of brick-and-mortar retail is how well retail chains lend themselves to what economists call price segmentation.
    Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Part of the answer is the chicken-and-egg segmentation of the audience: the reason all the late-night comedy hosts are progressives is that like-minded viewers are watching TV at that hour.
    Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The alternative would require a huge morass of an opaque labyrinth of firewalls sometimes referred to as micro-segmentation.
    Art Gilliland, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • Instead, participants who liked segmentation weren’t any worse off than others who liked more overlap in their day.
    Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2021
  • In 2009, the firm recommended a technique known as segmentation.
    New York Times, 29 June 2022
  • The Tully Monster’s segmentation extends in front of its eyes, an arrangement that is not seen in any vertebrate lineage, Mikami says.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Sant said that the selection was the result of five years of very a definite plan in terms of understanding audience segmentation and what people are watching.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Then, there’s another strategy which is this sort of segmentation not exactly based on the needs on the entrepreneur.
    Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 12 July 2018
  • Most sales leaders think of marketing, customer segmentation and hiring the right talent.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • Products and pricing segmentation designed to appeal to both frugal and spendthrift fliers has also helped unit-revenue trends.
    Susan Carey, WSJ, 18 July 2017
  • There is no one-size-fits-all solution to meeting the charging demands ahead, so only a deep understanding of the segmentation of the market and its requirements will drive adoption and healthy growth.
    Jordan Ramer, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Use VLANs, firewalls and design segmentation to create and enforce these divisions.
    Craig Davies, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024

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