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segment

[seg-muhnt, seg-ment, seg-ment] / ˈsɛg mənt, ˈsɛg mɛnt, sɛgˈmɛnt /


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After all, hyperscalers are doing the heavy lifting, not the relatively “tiny” segment of AI companies with below investment-grade credit ratings, where spreads have gapped out considerably, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

On lending, management views the corporate segment as offering the best risk-adjusted returns due to solid asset quality and attractive fee-generation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

These likely offset a high base for Prudential PLC’s mainland China segment, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

That latter segment encompasses the median household, with income of about $84,000 in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The armchairs around the low tables are upholstered in different prints, as are the heavy draperies at the windows and each wall segment surrounding the diners.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

She had to swim segments of the route in the reverse direction, going from south to north, to avoid trying to fight the ocean currents, Breed said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Goldman Sachs discovered a U-shaped phenomenon among segments of household income.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

RTX raised its full-year forecast for the third time this year, driven by demand across its commercial-aerospace and defense segments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Everyone in the auto industry already knew this and wondered why Tesla was killing off lucrative luxury models and not moving into potentially more profitable segments, such as larger SUVs and normal-looking pickups.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Above the machines, wrapping around the interior of the entire station, was a vast mural that occupied, in four long segments, the upper half of the station’s main walls.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

These systems demonstrate what segmented detectors can accomplish, but they also reveal a growing problem.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

It is the latest example of Apple deploying a decades-old chip industry strategy to squeeze profits from lesser-performing processors by selling them like eggs, gas, diamonds or hotel rooms, segmented by good, better and best.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

The 2025 SDR recommended a new "segmented approach" to MoD defence procurement to deliver contracts within two years.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

Money should be segmented into three buckets for short-term, medium-term and long-term needs.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026

I nodded toward a dark sprawling building farther down the path, its walls glistening with arch after arch of segmented windows.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The rise of Geese reflects Gen Z’s broad interest in music from decades-past, which they have unfettered access to thanks to streaming, and a distaste for segmenting sounds into genres, industry observers say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

Donets recommends segmenting your customer base as granularly as possible so that you can precisely tailor your messaging and offerings.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

Surveys indicate that people tend to prefer segmenting their professional and personal lives instead of integrating them.

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022

Once you get really good at segmenting people or giving them the right recommendations, you have to have a different way to follow up with every single person.

From The Verge ● Feb. 1, 2022

The study of the cleavage pattern of the segmenting egg furnishes the most convincing evidence that a different explanation from the one stated in the biogenetic law is the more probable explanation.

From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Thomas Hunt Morgan


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