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
Connected data empowers organizations to go beyond surface-level segmentation for a nuanced understanding of their audiences, particularly healthcare providers (HCPs) and patient populations.
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Kirby Forlin, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Beneath the surface, the campaign was a mess, lacking keyword segmentation, conversion tracking and meaningful optimizations.
—Anthony Chiaravallo, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
China’s distribution system usually entails films being made available to all Chinese cinemas simultaneously, with no efforts at audience segmentation.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
The most valuable category, super premium, was down by 5.6 percent; high end premium saw a small uptick of .2 percent; and premium was down by nearly 1 percent (price segmentations vary depending on the type of spirit).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
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Kirby Forlin, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Beneath the surface, the campaign was a mess, lacking keyword segmentation, conversion tracking and meaningful optimizations.
—Anthony Chiaravallo, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
China’s distribution system usually entails films being made available to all Chinese cinemas simultaneously, with no efforts at audience segmentation.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
The most valuable category, super premium, was down by 5.6 percent; high end premium saw a small uptick of .2 percent; and premium was down by nearly 1 percent (price segmentations vary depending on the type of spirit).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for segmentation
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Cassie’s mom recounts her daughter’s abuse Regina Ventura, Cassie’s mother, also talked about the dissolution of Cudi’s relationship with her daughter during her testimony on Tuesday.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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In creating the commission, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the dissolution of the county’s Mental Health Board and Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
21 May 2025
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Some of our recommendations included: Reimagining central power distribution such as placement, resiliency to direct and secondary hazards, distributed generation and battery redundancy.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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On June 3, 2020, a grand jury returned an indictment charging Aguilar-Linares and nine others with narcotics distribution and money laundering offenses.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 May 2025
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“Segmentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segmentation. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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