partitioned

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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

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

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

The attic of our home was partitioned into two small rooms.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya