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[sek-shuhn] / ˈsɛk ʃən /


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But "the AI buildout is climbing onto a steeper section of track just as the gap between capital spending and internal cash generation narrows", he warned.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Postal Service added a section to its Domestic Mail Manual to say a postmark’s date “does not inherently or necessarily align with the date on which the Postal Service first accepted possession of the mailpiece.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

In this case, however, the system was engineered to attach to a specific section of the mRNA rather than cut it.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

The students' protest has resonated with a large section of middle-class India, cutting across identities of religion, caste or sectors, with people voicing anger about the lack of educational opportunities and jobs in India.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

He picked up the front left section of hair and started braiding.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

Elsewhere, vehicles on a two-lane road were seen carefully navigating sections of buckled pavement.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Some sections had been treated with controlled burns relatively recently.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

There were 27 people working in different sections inside the tunnel - of which two managed to escape after the explosion and 25 were trapped.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The Marxist commentator Thomas Sankara, who died in 1987, became a trend on TikTok with clips edited with trending songs, GIFs of his face in comment sections.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Following them came long sections honoring working women.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

The house was purchased for $1 from the developer, sectioned and transported on flatbed trucks to Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

If you want frozen garlic — already sectioned and ready-to-use — Trader Joe’s carries the Dorot brand of frozen crushed garlic cubes.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2026

A small, makeshift rink sectioned off by barricades was stationed in the corner, and the glam bar was closed down by the second day of the event.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

Four days after giving birth, 30-year-old Lizzy Berryman's postpartum psychosis forced her to be sectioned and taken from York to Derby while "soaked in urine" in a hospital car.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2026

It was sectioned off from the kitchen with a curtain.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

The speech is expected to include a draft law which will reportedly aim to improve care for people with learning difficulties, and change rules on sectioning people.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2024

Researchers have incorporated a swept illumination source into an open-top light-sheet microscope to enable improved optical sectioning over a larger area of view.

From Science Daily Mar. 20, 2024

“It is also equipped with manipulating arms which could be used to extricate the sub, such as by sectioning cables or things that would be blocking it at the bottom.”

From Washington Times Jun. 22, 2023

Johnson began by teaching the kids some basic techniques, like parting and sectioning hair, and by introducing them to the tools of the trade.

From Seattle Times May 10, 2023

But this neatness, the neatness of Dante, was in the orderly sectioning and segregating of all levels of evil and decay.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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