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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
Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Just as with iPhones, the thinking behind Android’s Identity Check is to partition an enclave of security and device settings that requires additional security to unlock.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Rusty Smith, The Conversation, 11 June 2025
Like all theatres, each of these sites is (or was) a social space—even if Anthology initially featured partitions between and behind seats in order to privatize public viewing.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 June 2025
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Noun
From Google’s next major release, Chrome 136, the data will be partitioned and websites will only be able to see and display links previously clicked from their own top-level domains or subdomains.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Just as with iPhones, the thinking behind Android’s Identity Check is to partition an enclave of security and device settings that requires additional security to unlock.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, which has been enacted in 25 states, ensures due process and sets up safeguards against immediate partition by sale actions.
—Rusty Smith, The Conversation, 11 June 2025
Like all theatres, each of these sites is (or was) a social space—even if Anthology initially featured partitions between and behind seats in order to privatize public viewing.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partition
Noun
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Elsewhere, high pressure centered over the Southeast will keep dangerously hot and humid conditions in that region, but strong to severe storms along the perimeter of the high will remain possible across portions of the Plains, Midwest and even across portions of the East Coast.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
19 July 2025
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At least the ending vocal portion, which prompted Jin to stop and look into the crowd, taking in the moment.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Try a screen divider or baskets and cube shelving to set a physical boundary.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Noah Thompson, 24, and one of his four passengers, 22-year-old Jewel Perez, were initially listed in critical condition after Thompson slammed into a concrete divider while going east on the parkway toward the Cross Bay Blvd.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
7 July 2025
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In a video shared on her Instagram on July 29, the author and public speaker — who announced her split from the Party of Five star last month — documented her attempts to enter the Park City, Utah home with police present.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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Versant has been staffing up ahead of the looming split, which will see MSNBC and CNBC severed from NBC News.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 July 2025
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Alternate telecasts gave specific audience segments their own version of big-game coverage.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
29 July 2025
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At a recent hackathon, a junior analyst proposed a unique way to segment inactive leads.—
William DeCourcy,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Hogan rose to prominence as a wrestler in the 1970s but attained superstardom in the 1980s as part of the World Wrestling Federation, now the WWE.—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
26 July 2025
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The unstructured format is part of the magic—raw, real, and unfiltered.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
26 July 2025
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Jack and Ozzy joined in, throwing old food over the fence.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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An aggressive hitter, Naylor can get extremely hot, and carry a team with drives to the gap or bombs over the fence.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The band's dissolution was hastened by Stone's drug abuse, which led to a pattern of ghosting his own shows.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Rapid dissolution can introduce too much of the drug too quickly, experts said, potentially causing tremors, headaches and kidney failure.—
Debbie Cenziper,
ProPublica,
23 June 2025
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Hamilton County residents are divided on the new lease terms for Paycor Stadium.—
Erin Glynn,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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With new population growth centered in majority-minority cities like Dallas, Republican map drawers in Texas will also have to clear federal limits on how much a community can be divided.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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“Partition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partition. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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