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[sek-shuhn] / ˈsɛk ʃən /


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Toward the European galleries, paintings proliferate in the show, inevitably the most visually glamorous section.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Plus, there’s a fresh new section of quick hits at the end.

From Slate Sep. 12, 2026

Thursday's news conference was held inside Saturday's fight venue, with one section of T-Mobile Arena curtained off for the crowd.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Someone in the comments section tagged Thompson, who also works as a paleontology adviser for the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

“I’ll have to remember that. I’m talking about the girl in the magazine section, in the purple shirt, and the boy in the tax section, reading Your Guide to the IRS upside down.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

As those sections of crust descended, they released their water into the mantle.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Social media platforms are littered with cheering sections gleefully anticipating mass unemployment in creative industries.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

Mothers have described being left to recover from caesarean sections with "no support" as the number of babies being born via caesarean reaches its highest rate on record.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

AFP reporters flying by helicopter over the valley of destruction on Thursday saw entire sections of settlements swept away, leaving the landscape resembling a puzzle with pieces missing.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

But composers often add some notes or even whole sections of music that are from a different key, to make the music a little more complex and interesting.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia before he fatally attacked Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in June 2023, was previously sectioned by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

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

He sectioned the orange and divided the plugs between them.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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

Compared to their previous microscope design with a fixed light sheet, the new system quadrupled the field of view and doubled the optical sectioning ability without compromising volumetric imaging speed.

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

Ella removed her scarf and a perfect replica of her mother's beautiful brown hands darted straight to her thick hair, sectioning and combing through her zigzag curls.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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