as in portion
one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled
I think I lost one segment of this model kit
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Recent Examples of segment
Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Later in the segment, Paul clarified his opinion that the president’s war powers are less about the declaration of war and more about the execution of war.
—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 6 Jan. 2026
David Ingram, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
Appreciate the plurality of their needs and segment them into the top three priorities.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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The segment was shared widely on social media.
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Wikipedia also represents an earlier, democratic vision for the open web, before giant tech platforms came to dominate and segment the internet.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for segment
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That response was to a question specifically about inside linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who missed the Broncos’ final two regular-season games with a hamstring injury and was one of the only players not on the field during a brief portion of Friday’s workout open to reporters.—
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Credit card interest rates represent a significant portion of financial institutions’ revenue.—
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Use baby Yukon gold potatoes and quarter them.—
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The plant’s parentage is ‘Fourth of July’ x ‘Angel Face.’ ‘Fashion Forward,’ hybridized by Christian Bédard and introduced by Weeks Roses, has cuppy, quartered, old-fashioned and very double medium pink and white bicolor blooms.—
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Michael briefly followed in his adoptive parents' footsteps, embarking on a career in entertainment in the 1980s that ranged from a stint on the CBS political soap opera Capitol, to a part as a concierge in the primetime soap Falcon Crest, which starred Wyman.—
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West Coast Customs and DEKA Research and Development are involved in key parts of the build.—
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No longer are films in languages other than English partitioned from consideration in other categories, save for a few outliers.—
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In 1947: The United Nations adopted a plan to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states.—
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The Table of Contents is divided along the parts of a young body, with sections titled Heads Up!—
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Barry points to the central section of the pitch, on either side of the halfway line, to make his point.—
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While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments.—
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This also happens at a moment where the venture capital goalposts are moving—the industry is bifurcating into asset managers and smaller shops, while politics is becoming an increasingly complicated flashpoint.—
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In an era where photos can circulate in seconds, public-facing figures face the pressure of the internet's desire to dissect their every move — including their appearance.—
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The other two instruments are really cool as well; they can both be used to dissect secrets of the cosmos, like the mystery of the universe's expansion rate (popularly called the Hubble Tension) and help with supernova modeling.—
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Footage of the shooting has divided viewers, with finger-pointing over who was the aggressor and who was the victim.—
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From then until now, the image of a plate divided into sections has more clearly depicted what serving sizes should look like in an actual meal.—
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“Segment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segment. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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