partitioned
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In 1880, three-quarters of all Jews in the world lived in Eastern Europe—specifically, in the territory of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, partitioned a century before by Austria, Prussia and Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 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
The Kashmir dispute dates back to 1947, when India got independence from British rule and was partitioned to create Pakistan.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
The large “store” area was partitioned into two rooms by beaverboard planks that did not reach to the ceiling.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
