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the process of dividing something into parts or segments
the segmentation of the population
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Recent Examples of segmentations
Many of these companies offer women-only trips, while Backroads specializes in demographic segmentations, with offerings just for families with young kids, with teenagers, for adults only, women-only and by numerous age groups.
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Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segmentations
subdivisions
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But the roadway is already the primary street for several subdivisions, including the Brookstone Apartments, which has over 220 units, and the Mallard Grove housing subdivision, which has 114 homes.
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The highway department will strategically apply salt to intersections, hills, bridges and curbs in subdivisions, but aim for conserving on other stretches of subdivision roads.
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“Segmentations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segmentations. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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