trisecting

Definition of trisectingnext
present participle of trisect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trisecting
Verb
  • For the quintessential Glacier National Park visit, take the Going-to-the-Sun Road for 50 miles of stunning vistas, bisecting the east and west sides of the park.
    Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Valley Fair, located on Stevens Creek Boulevard, sits both in San Jose and Santa Clara, with the city border bisecting the property.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Cool the sauce quickly by dividing it into multiple shallow containers, and make sure to refrigerate within two hours of cooking.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Heating Degree Days are calculated by taking the day's high temperature and adding it to the day's low temperature, then dividing by 2 and subtracting that value from 65.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • After all, the story is so endlessly compelling that people are still discussing and dissecting it 200 years later.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin isn’t budging on his decision to keep the party’s internal report dissecting 2024 election losses under wraps — despite previously committing to releasing it.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This also happens at a moment where the venture capital goalposts are moving—the industry is bifurcating into asset managers and smaller shops, while politics is becoming an increasingly complicated flashpoint.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The lens surface gradually transitions in prescription strength, with no lines bifurcating your vision.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even in ordinary moments—sharing tea, splitting food, laughing in the snow, dancing at weddings—Minnesota feels alive.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Instead of one big weekly grocery trip, shoppers are splitting their carts between a warehouse club and a traditional supermarket.
    Alexandria Mansfield, Florida Times-Union, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • And of course, from a more skeptical perspective, the whole project could be described as cleaving close to the wisdom of the strippers in Gypsy.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dark Renaissance will teach you a great deal about Marlowe’s brilliance and the Elizabethan era—its theater, the aristocracy, the spy craft, and the finer points of drawing and quartering religious dissidents.
    Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hurzeler’s side are down to 14th, the same number of points (eight) separating them from West Ham in the relegation zone and Brentford in seventh.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Management also said that Viasat continues to evaluate strategic options, which include potentially separating the company’s government and commercial businesses.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Trisecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trisecting. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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