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segment

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


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But getting a large segment of Meta’s 3.6 billion users to sign up seems daunting.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The company’s most recent financial report to investors, however, showed slumping sales in its North American foods segment, as the consumer slog against inflation continued.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Catherine O’Hara, James Burrows and Rob Reiner were among those honored during the 78th Emmy Awards’ ‘In Memoriam’ segment while Noah Kahan performed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

The segment was funny, not to mention deservedly embarrassing.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

They broke the tapes into thirty-second segments and allowed everyone to look at each segment twice, once to focus on the man and once to focus on the woman.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

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

Microsoft will now report using two segments: One will be named Agents and Infra, and the other will be called Devices and Consumer.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 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

Professional investors have long segmented the market by how large and how fast-growing stocks are, although the definitions of “large,” “small,” “growth” and “value” are all over the map.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

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

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 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

The researchers investigated the drug’s effect on numerous subgroups within their sample population, segmenting it by age, heart or lung condition, gender, smoking status or time since symptom onset.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2022

Later that day in John’s class, students broke into small groups to practice writing and segmenting words into different sounds.

From Seattle Times Mar. 8, 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

Blastoderm, blas′to-derm, n. an embryological term applied to the layer or layers of cells arising from the germinal disc, or the portion of a partially segmenting egg which undergoes division.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various




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