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segment

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


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In a segment on MS NOW, White House reporter Akayla Gardner said she tried to scan her badge to enter the White House and it didn’t work.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Since 2000, as you can see from the above chart, October’s average equity exposure to this segment of the market has been just over half that of the other 11 months — 13.6% versus 26.1%.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

The ceremony included a lengthy in memoriam segment and individual tributes to singer Dolly Parton, director Rob Reiner and actor Catherine O’Hara.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

The segment was funny, not to mention deservedly embarrassing.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

It represents, in short, a substantial segment of today’s expenditures for health.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

However, the larger scale and stronger cash generation of Xiaomi’s internet of things and internet services segments, compared with previous smartphone downturns, should provide a buffer.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The dimensions of both the swellings and their narrow connecting segments mattered.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

Analog Devices ADI 0.02%increase; green up pointing triangle struck a deal to acquire Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 billion in cash, expanding its total addressable market across quickly growing segments such as data-center infrastructure and defense.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

The other two segments on the “60 Minutes” premiere, — which could include a significant newsmaker interview, — will be announced sometime next week.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Not until late 1968, with the publication of an article by three American seismologists in the Journal of Geophysical Research, did the segments receive the name by which they have since been known: plates.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Reaching Gen Z means shifting toward more segmented channels like Instagram and TikTok, a move the company says it is now making.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Segments 1 through 9 carried segmented appendages, and the rear abdominal limbs had been modified into paddle-like structures.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

“By spinning off the associations, the banks segmented that risk and protected themselves from it,” McPherson said.

From MarketWatch May 25, 2026

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

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

He saw a lot of insects, spiders, and shiny, segmented beetles, going in and out of the twigs.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

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

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

Lawyers for the police said the officers were strictly following their training in a technique known as segmenting.

From Seattle Times Sep. 24, 2021

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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