partitioned
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Northern Ireland has remained part of the United Kingdom since Ireland was partitioned more than a century ago.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Instead, the justices together gravitated toward something else entirely: a problem about time, causation, and whether constitutional authority can be temporally partitioned.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026
The fall of El-Fasher gave paramilitaries control over all five state capitals in Darfur, raising fears that Sudan would effectively be partitioned along an east-west axis.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
“Sudan is now de facto partitioned into two competing halves,” said Alan Boswell, a Sudan analyst with the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
The band’s land is used jointly by the whole group, instead of being partitioned among subgroups or individuals.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
