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verb

past tense of segment

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of segmented
Adjective
At the time, professional wrestling was a segmented, regional business. Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 24 July 2025 The shoe’s segmented sole, reflective Swoosh and mesh-panel build emphasized technical performance. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 23 July 2025 Separated into two segments, including a broad carapace at the front of its body and a segmented trunk and tail at the back, the fossil species was traditionally thought to be an ancestor of the horseshoe crab today. Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2025 Meanwhile, work has become more precarious, less unionized, more segmented and less geographically stable. Nathan Meyers, The Conversation, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for segmented
Recent Examples of Synonyms for segmented
Adjective
  • Welcome to the ninth edition of The Alternative Premier League Table, where each Thursday, Anantaajith Raghuraman analyses the entire division through a specific lens.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Differences in specific genes may cause a person to metabolize caffeine quickly or slowly.
    Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The wide on-ramp into the data means that everyone from researchers, journalists, and policymakers to healthcare providers, community leaders, and families on the frontlines of the crisis can all make informed decisions about where limited resources might be best directed.
    Big Think, Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Vigna makes no apologies for keeping production extremely limited to focus on innovation, customer service and cachet.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Consumers are also increasingly bifurcated.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Braude described Gaza’s reality as bifurcated.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Other viewers, meanwhile, shared similar stories of dogs with selective hearing.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But pop culture’s depiction of cowboys and the American West is selective.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Phillips also asked that their assets be divided up by the court as separate property, with no indication in the papers that the exes had a prenup in place.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But like other governer races, voters are divided along partisan lines.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Alone, a Whiskey Sour without an egg white is a serviceable, if incomplete, cocktail.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Despite incomplete medical records, Beverly’s spirit was unbreakable.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Other sites like Point Reyes National Seashore and Fort Point have partial closures, with some parking lots blocked or bathrooms locked.
    The NPR Network, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Another vote on stopgap funding to end the partial federal government shutdown failed Wednesday, with Indiana senators voting along party lines.
    Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But not everything can fit neatly in an eight-part series, and there’s a reason the case is still being dissected today.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mahomes dissected the Lions' secondary on Sunday night, throwing for 257 yards and three touchdowns.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Segmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segmented. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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