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partition

[pahr-tish-uhn, per-] / pɑrˈtɪʃ ən, pər- /




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The partition that once sealed out the cranks and mediocrities has been permanently sundered.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

As Mr. Mulla tells us, in the 1920s India was “in many ways the epicenter of the Muslim world,” still under British rule, home to a large portion of Islam’s population before partition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The daughter of a tea trader, she moved to what is now Bangladesh with her family after the partition of India.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

The experiments revealed that bridgmanite's ability to trap water, measured by its water partition coefficient, increases sharply at higher temperatures.

From Science Daily • Dec. 26, 2025

And from the peculiar little noise coming through the partition, I realized he was crying.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus




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