partition

West Bengal's history of migration dates back to the partition of British India in 1947.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Three years ago, he did not know the Punjabi language or what happened during the India and Pakistan partition in 1947 after British rule ended.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

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

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

And the end of partition would be costly: While the Republic of Ireland is now one of the wealthiest economies in Western Europe, Mr. Stephens argues, Northern Ireland has become one of its poorest regions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

Now suppose one places a screen on the far side of the partition from the light.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Low-cost and lightweight, they are designed for "non-load-bearing use, such as pavements, partitions and garden beds," Farah told the BBC World Service's Newsday.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Moveable partitions divide the massive space: the front houses the Judith Center, the gender equality nonprofit that Andrews launched in 2024, while the back serves as her office, studio and archive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

The Line Hotels, a boutique chain, uses a mix of partial partitions, pocket doors and glass in lieu of traditional bathroom doors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

They erected partitions of wood, cardboard and cloth, built shacks within rooms and cooked on paraffin stoves.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2024

Down among the partitions of the maze, with so many lunch-smelling rooters breathing on him, Ralph had no idea of the direction of the peanut butter.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

We shouldn’t be grouped and partitioned by race or sex or identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

They are in a building with wooden ceiling beams, in an area that appears to be partitioned off with black curtains, with at least one security agent on the perimeter.

From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026

In August 1947, India was partitioned and two new states were born: Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025

It was partitioned by a huge black grand piano on which was mounted a large, silver-framed autographed picture of Walt Disney himself.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025

The inside of the building was one long, dim, seemingly endless hall, partitioned into small, semiprivate cubicles by huge slabs of halfway-up concrete walls.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Holtz's study, "Bringing up baby: preliminary exploration of the effect of ontogenetic niche partitioning in dinosaurs versus long-term maternal care in mammals in their respective ecosystems," was published in the Italian Journal of Geosciences.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026

The Chargers set up a makeshift treatment room outside the locker room, partitioning off an area with massage tables and stationary bikes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

The roof timbers, for example, are now protected with sprinklers and partitioning.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024

Data collected in Yellowstone before, during, and after wolf reintroduction provides a window into how the species have found a way to warily coexist by partitioning the landscape.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 25, 2023

Aristotle was wrong in his partitioning of male and female contributions into “material” and “message,” but abstractly, he had captured one of the essential truths about the nature of heredity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee