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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
Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Zoom in: The changes included converting Starbucks to a standalone site via a glass partition.
—Jason Clayworth, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
Peter L. Hahn / Made By History, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
Nature, like death, has a way of reminding us that we’re cut from a common cloth, and there’s no real way of partitioning ourselves from it.
—Matthew Specktor, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Having heard all the chaos through an earpiece, Gi-hun pulls out a gun and shoots at the limo’s partition.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Zoom in: The changes included converting Starbucks to a standalone site via a glass partition.
—Jason Clayworth, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
The prospect of an Arab Palestinian state was conceived in the 1930s by British officials who contemplated partitioning their beleaguered Palestine mandate into a Jewish state (which Britain had implicitly endorsed in the Balfour Declaration of 1917) and an Arab state.
—Peter L. Hahn / Made By History, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
Nature, like death, has a way of reminding us that we’re cut from a common cloth, and there’s no real way of partitioning ourselves from it.
—Matthew Specktor, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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Due to the split, championship teams have to win six playoff games compared to seven.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Feb. 2025
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However, the pair explicitly revealed their split to PEOPLE in January 2005.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
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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Since the flight that crash landed in Toronto on Monday originated in the U.S., one of my colleagues wanted to know how much of a part the Federal Aviation Administration and the rest of the U.S. air traffic and safety system played in the incident.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Davidson already appears to have wide support from Democrats in Rockland County, a part of the district that also features all of Putnam County and portions of Westchester and Dutchess counties.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The umpires ruled the ball hit the padding on the top of the fence then a metal railing and bounced back onto the field.—
Tom Murphy,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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The following year, a controversy arose after the couple was sued by a neighboring couple for installing a solid cedar fence that blocked the neighbors’ views of Lake Michigan.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2025
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Marsh said the faculty was promised a conversation about the dissolution of the school.—
Ikram Mohamed,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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And then, with the dissolution of Stewart-Haas Racing this past offseason, THR acquired one of SHR’s former four Cup charters and signed SVG to the open car.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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President Trump and billionaire sidekick Elon Musk Tuesday accused the liberal media of trying to divide them to thwart their shared political agenda.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Putin sees it as a way to divide the West, analysts say.—
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Partition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partition. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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