segment
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Amazon also could offset pressure on the advertising segment through other areas of the business, he reasoned, noting that any pressure would likely amount to a small fraction of overall revenue.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
In the past, OpenAI has used the conference as an opportunity to launch new models and services that reduce costs for software developers—a segment the ChatGPT-maker competes with rival AI company Anthropic to win over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The sole segment were sales rose was at building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers, were trade was up a fourth consecutive month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Walt Disney Co. reported a 6% bump in revenue and 21% boost in segment operating income during its fiscal third quarter earnings call on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
At present, the blood rain’s falling and we’re on the beach below the monkey segment, far too close to the fog for my liking.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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CEO Ramon Laguarta said the performance of the company’s snacks and beverages segments fell due to “consumer budgets tightening due to rising inflationary pressures.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
She said doing the work in shorter segments would increase costs and project timelines — not a good thing when it needs to be finished by the Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The dimensions of both the swellings and their narrow connecting segments mattered.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Auto dealers sold more cars and higher energy prices boosted receipts at gas stations, but sales were just as strong even if those two segments are excluded.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
They thought preschoolers did not have the attention span to handle anything other than very short, tightly focused segments.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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It also had a segmented trunk and six walking legs, the basic body organization associated with insects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Professional investors have long segmented the market by how large and how fast-growing stocks are, although the definitions of “large,” “small,” “growth” and “value” are all over the map.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Public transit there feels more segmented, so traveling to Oakland can take a long time, and getting to outdoor or hiking destinations isn’t really feasible without a car.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
The 2025 SDR recommended a new "segmented approach" to MoD defence procurement to deliver contracts within two years.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
The birds themselves swooped and cried, weaving in and out of immense, curved ridges that could only be spines, segmented and spurred, and, unmistakably: giant hands, giant feet.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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The rise of Geese reflects Gen Z’s broad interest in music from decades-past, which they have unfettered access to thanks to streaming, and a distaste for segmenting sounds into genres, industry observers say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Donets recommends segmenting your customer base as granularly as possible so that you can precisely tailor your messaging and offerings.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
The researchers investigated the drug’s effect on numerous subgroups within their sample population, segmenting it by age, heart or lung condition, gender, smoking status or time since symptom onset.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
Once you get really good at segmenting people or giving them the right recommendations, you have to have a different way to follow up with every single person.
From The Verge ● Feb. 1, 2022
The study of the cleavage pattern of the segmenting egg furnishes the most convincing evidence that a different explanation from the one stated in the biogenetic law is the more probable explanation.
From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Thomas Hunt Morgan
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