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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
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since shortly after the partition of the two countries in 1947.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
The United Nations adopted a plan to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states.
—The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The conflict started after the partition of India in 1947, which divided the region into two.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since shortly after the partition of the two countries in 1947.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
The county will also partition a portion of the network to serve its administrative functions, eliminating its need for an external internet provider at its buildings.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
The United Nations adopted a plan to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states.
—The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partition
Noun
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Elam also shared portions of one of Lewis' final text messages to her.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
14 June 2025
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Kim is a Queens assemblyman from District 40, covering portions of Whitestone, Flushing, College Point, and Murray Hill.—
Ron Kim,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
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The inside is spacious and offers packing hacks for organized travel, including a divider, elastic straps, and a pouch to make accessing your things easy and keep everything from sliding around.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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Premium economy updates Premium Plus seats on the 787-9s will feature privacy dividers and wireless charging, an update from the current premium economy configuration across United's fleet.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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One senior exec who worked for Zaslav at Discovery and WarnerMedia told Deadline the split plan had a certain valedictory quality.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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Although that chapter may have closed, neither Gates nor his reps have spoken on the split.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
9 June 2025
Verb
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The research also revealed that only around one in three employees are offered AI training, and just 21% have participated. Enterprises are already taking action by segmenting their workforce into AI builders and consumers.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The measurement focuses on users from New Consumer Classification System segments A, B, and C, representing the core demographic driving streaming consumption in urban India.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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Norton’s basic antivirus omits VPN protection, but a no-limits VPN is part of all Norton’s security suites.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2025
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Miley Cyrus premiered her Something Beautiful visual album for a packed audience at New York’s Beacon Theatre as part of the 2025 Tribeca Festival.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
7 June 2025
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Then in September, a Secret Service agent spotted the muzzle of a rifle sticking out of a fence in bushes at Trump's West Palm Beach golf club while scouting the course ahead of Trump.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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The veterans hall’s roof is parallel to St. Louis Avenue, with just a decorative black fence separating the top of the building from traffic.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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The breakthrough is the fruit of incredible recent performance in all age groups for the nation of 36 million people, which became independent in 1991 after the dissolution of the USSR.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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Why, then, engage language at all? Lijn explained her simultaneous recruitment and dissolution of language as a way to cope with her growing sense that words had become tired and lost any vital force.—
Marina Isgro,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Verb
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Americans were also divided over what their separation means for the country, according to the survey, which has a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Model parallelism divides the neural network itself across hardware.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Partition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partition. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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