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
Turn Customer Insight Into A Living System Make customer insights a living system by ensuring customer segmentation and data are always current.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Municipal utilities, transit systems and local banks should adopt multi-factor authentication, network segmentation, regular penetration testing and robust incident response plans.
—Rick Pozniak, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
After the Ukraine grid attacks of the mid 2010s, several European states accelerated cybersecurity investment, improving network segmentation, expanding backup capacity and deepening information sharing with private infrastructure operators.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2026
That segmentation is forcing sourcing teams to rethink how portfolios are constructed.
—Muchaneta Ten Napel, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Municipal utilities, transit systems and local banks should adopt multi-factor authentication, network segmentation, regular penetration testing and robust incident response plans.
—Rick Pozniak, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
After the Ukraine grid attacks of the mid 2010s, several European states accelerated cybersecurity investment, improving network segmentation, expanding backup capacity and deepening information sharing with private infrastructure operators.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2026
That segmentation is forcing sourcing teams to rethink how portfolios are constructed.
—Muchaneta Ten Napel, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segmentation
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Excessive fly activity indicates decomposition is already underway, at which point the fruit's condition is as much the concern as the flies themselves.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
13 May 2026
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Brian Eckenrode, a retired FBI forensic scientist and expert in human decomposition, joined them in 2021.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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The researchers found that the cities’ chemical microenvironments increase calcite dissolution.—
Damien Pine,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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McMahon's first words to the committee, after the usual thank-you's, were a flag-planting for the department's forceful dissolution.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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Firstman all but preemptively slapped an A24 logo on Club Kid, which doesn’t have distribution yet as of this writing, but his film really would fit into their stable of commercially friendly art flicks, down to its gooey heart.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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As for the distribution of grades across the state, 25% of Kansas hospitals earned A grades, higher than the 23% recorded in fall 2025.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2026
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“Segmentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segmentation. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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