sectioning

verb

present participle of section
as in separating

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Recent Examples of sectioning After sectioning the hair further, Campora treated each two-inch section with Joico's JoiWhip Design Foam and blow-dried with a large round brush, pinned to set and cool. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sectioning
  1. separating
  2. severing
  3. parting
  4. fragmenting
  5. splintering
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  • Examples of ultraprocessing include separating whole foods into substances, chemically formulating foods or using cosmetic additives such as food dyes.
    — Garrett M. Broad, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Use Data To Evaluate Ideas One helpful practice is separating the idea from the person voicing it.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of separating
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  • One was Larry Page, the 53-year-old Google cofounder who had ties to California for decades and began severing them after the wealth tax proposal.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Another piece sliced through his salivary gland before bouncing off his jaw and piercing the back of his neck, severing an artery and embedding in a vertebra.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of severing
Verb
  • Guidry is a frequent guest instructor, watching bullpens, parting his wisdom, and answering any questions the pinstripers’ new generation of pitchers may have.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Out of that conversation grew my novel The Undead, which is, in some ways, a parting love letter to Moscow.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of parting
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  • As the diffusion of power fuels geopolitical rivalries, Americans are growing weary of entanglement in a fragmenting world.
    — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Keeping Australian production viable amid rising costs and fragmenting audiences remains her priority.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of fragmenting
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  • Players-only meetings are often a red flag and a sign of a team splintering apart.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Shergill pushes back on the notion that Indian comedy audiences are splintering into narrower segments.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of splintering

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“Sectioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectioning. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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