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segment

[seg-muhnt, seg-ment, seg-ment] / ˈsɛg mənt, ˈsɛg mɛnt, sɛgˈmɛnt /


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In fact, renter households with incomes over $100,000 have been the fastest-growing segment of renters over the past decade, according to the Aspen Institute, including a growing class of millionaire renters.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

When television journalist Barbara Walters grilled Parton about her looks in a 1977 segment - asking if the singer was a joke - the interviewer arguably met her match.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

The authority is currently focused on completing an initial segment through Central Valley, then connecting it to San Francisco and Los Angeles later.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

By contrast, Amazon.com reports Amazon Web Services, the world’s biggest cloud provider, as a stand-alone segment with sales, expenses and margins disclosed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Each of these embryonic segments, Lewis knew, gives rise to a congruent segment found in the adult fly.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

"If our recent advertisement has inadvertently hurt the sentiments of some segments of society, that was not our intent at all. Out of respect, we have withdrawn the advertisement from all media," it added.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Subramanian noted record underweight positions in financials among actively managed funds and light exposure across other value segments.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Losses at its AI labs and applications as well as all other segments will peak this quarter, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

However, non-electronics segments such as petrochemicals are expected to be weighed by supply disruptions from the conflict in the Middle East, Cheok added.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The segments of road down there among the dead trees.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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

These systems demonstrate what segmented detectors can accomplish, but they also reveal a growing problem.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The 2025 SDR, external recommended a new "segmented approach" to MoD defence procurement to deliver contracts within two years.

From BBC Jun. 11, 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 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

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

Later that day in John’s class, students broke into small groups to practice writing and segmenting words into different sounds.

From Seattle Times Mar. 8, 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 report, over 300 pages long, did not indicate that anyone questioned the segmenting maneuver performed that morning.

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2020

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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