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Recent Examples of divisional
That season, Ryan passed for more than 4,000 yards, the sixth-highest mark in the league, and led the Falcons to divisional round of the NFC playoffs.
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Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
Those divisional games are close contests that can be decided by a few plays.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
While the White Sox hope to be trending in the right direction, the hopes are sky high here, as the Cubs look to build off last season's playoff trip that ended in the divisional round.
—Matt Zahn, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The Seahawks used a first-round bye to rest, heal and prepare, and then routed the 49ers in a divisional-round game before beating the Rams, 31-27, to advance to the Super Bowl.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
But in the divisional round, Charbonnet tore his ACL and was ruled out for the rest of the season.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
The 19th through 32nd picks in each round were decided by playoff results — teams eliminated in the wild-card round were placed into slots 19-24, divisional-round losers into picks 25-28, and so on.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Thanks to a time-share with Zach Charbonnet, Walker was 20th in carries during the regular season, but Charbonnet tore his ACL in the divisional round, setting the stage for Walker’s emergence.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones IV, who excelled on the 2021-23 Rams, knows what awaits in next season’s divisional matchup.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
Those divisional games are close contests that can be decided by a few plays.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
While the White Sox hope to be trending in the right direction, the hopes are sky high here, as the Cubs look to build off last season's playoff trip that ended in the divisional round.
—Matt Zahn, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The Seahawks used a first-round bye to rest, heal and prepare, and then routed the 49ers in a divisional-round game before beating the Rams, 31-27, to advance to the Super Bowl.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
But in the divisional round, Charbonnet tore his ACL and was ruled out for the rest of the season.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
The 19th through 32nd picks in each round were decided by playoff results — teams eliminated in the wild-card round were placed into slots 19-24, divisional-round losers into picks 25-28, and so on.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Thanks to a time-share with Zach Charbonnet, Walker was 20th in carries during the regular season, but Charbonnet tore his ACL in the divisional round, setting the stage for Walker’s emergence.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones IV, who excelled on the 2021-23 Rams, knows what awaits in next season’s divisional matchup.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divisional
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His assistant coach, Pablo Remon Arteta, is Mikel Arteta’s cousin, a detail seized upon by the local media, hopeful that defensive organisation runs in that family.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Now, though, Geeslin and other prominent members of the local Deaf community are concerned that a new master’s program at Butler University will result in fewer deaf kids learning to sign.—
Claire Rafford,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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These figures position the platform for regional travel, heavy logistics, and emergency response missions that exceed typical urban air taxi distances.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Mike Norris and Mike Mladenik will be the headlines, as well as regional experts who will share their expertise during seminars included with admission.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Its acoustic arrangements are sparse and her lyrics fragmentary, but the mood is warm and inviting.—
Marissa Lorusso,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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The team found a fragmentary hand stencil on the wall.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2026
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The council also approved the appointment of Josiah Ben-Oni Graham to fill a partial-term vacancy that expires in November.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2026
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But as the title character and a partial avatar for Williamson — who had similarly spent his own teen years dreamily pining and aspiring to be a filmmaker — Dawson was the boy-next-door pillar around which the show orbited.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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The Lions have had their lineup tinkered with due to nagging injuries and conflicting national team practices, but coach Sebastian Alvarado is excited for his playoff veteran group to get another shot at a sectional title.—
Justin Vigil Zuniga,
Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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That was the Redwings’ worst defeat since Bolingbrook beat them 75-46 in a 2012 4A sectional final and was their largest margin of defeat in a regular-season game since 2008.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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The company has stripped away the complexity, allowing anyone to snap spectacular images of galaxies and nebulae hundreds of light-years away without wrestling with multi-component setups requiring serious technical chops – all wrapped in Vaonis's trademark minimalist design.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Jan. 2026
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The layout by Oakland design studio Open Daily is clean; even more complicated recipes, like Henry Hsu’s multi-component cornerstone rice cakes, are easy to follow.—
Soleil Ho,
SFChronicle.com,
9 Nov. 2020
Adjective
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Because the data are cross-sectional, however, the researchers cannot determine whether the microbial shifts contribute to obesity or arise as a consequence of it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2026
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This first three-dimensional cross-sectional image goes 11 miles) below the crater and shows what appear to be various pools of magma at different depths, with rock or other material between them and more numerous toward the southeast of the crater.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Divisional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divisional. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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