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segment

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


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Sales of petroleum and coal products were up a strong 10% for the month, but stripping the segment out overall manufacturing sales fell 1.5% in September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Sales in the segment jumped 64% to nearly $8 billion in the most recent quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

In a “Good Morning America” segment with host Michael Strahan, he expressed remorse for his comments but added he would be returning to the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Ford Expedition resale value is below average for the segment.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

The peculiar feature of the mutants, he discovered, was that the essential plan of macroscopic structures was often maintained—only the segment switched its position or identity in the body of the fly.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

"We are aware of the criticism from our members and segments of our fan base," club chief Carsten Cramer said in a statement explaining why the 2027-expiring deal would not be extended.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

They possessed the familiar black body segments near the head and yellow spines characteristic of the genus, but one feature stood out.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Join here for ad-free listening, bonus segments, and perks like cheaper event tickets.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Quarterly operating profit increased across segments, led by its game and movie businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

On the “happy” segments inserted for comparison purposes, he scored 14.13, which was substantially lower than both Rather and Brokaw.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Reaching Gen Z means shifting toward more segmented channels like Instagram and TikTok, a move the company says it is now making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Segments 1 through 9 carried segmented appendages, and the rear abdominal limbs had been modified into paddle-like structures.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

Money should be segmented into three buckets for short-term, medium-term and long-term needs.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 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

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

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 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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