as in decomposition
the process of dividing something into parts or segments
the segmentation of the population
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Recent Examples of segmentation
Nutanix Flow implements micro-segmentation to contain threats within isolated network segments and provides disaster recovery orchestration for rapid failover and recovery operations.
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Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Trent will lead category management and go-to-market initiatives, overseeing product line architecture, assortment planning and channel segmentation.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Trent will oversee the company’s product line, assortment planning and channel segmentation.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Jan. 2026
Computer vision — which allows machines to analyze and understand images or video — enables tasks such as image recognition, pattern detection, segmentation, and facial recognition.
—Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
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Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Trent will lead category management and go-to-market initiatives, overseeing product line architecture, assortment planning and channel segmentation.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Trent will oversee the company’s product line, assortment planning and channel segmentation.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Jan. 2026
Computer vision — which allows machines to analyze and understand images or video — enables tasks such as image recognition, pattern detection, segmentation, and facial recognition.
—Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segmentation
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The team is using a process called thermal decomposition to unlock the chemical secrets of neptunium.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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Slower decomposition of food scraps can attract rodents and other unwanted critters.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
1 Feb. 2026
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Intertextuality is described by Scarlett Barton in perhaps the opposite way, as linked to Roland Barthes’ observation that the author is dead, and that the text is the dissolution of every kind of voice, every beginning and core.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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In 2023, the Move Forward Party campaigned on curbing royal powers, though efforts to reform Thailand’s draconian royal defamation law, known as lèse-majesté or Article 112, were deemed unconstitutional and led to the party’s dissolution by the Constitutional Court.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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Blue Ant Rights is handling all sales as the global distribution partner.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 people and operates over 1,700 home improvement stores, 530 branches and 130 distribution centers.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Segmentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segmentation. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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