partition
Example Sentences
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Lebanon was quickly partitioned into different pockets of time.
From Washington Post
The firm put almost everyone into one big room with low partitions.
From Scientific American
In the rest of the country, the “soft partition” of Iraq into a Kurdish north, a Sunni west and center, and a Shiite south — an idea Joe Biden once championed — is a reality.
From Washington Post
In 2021, Ms. Heidemann sought from the court the right to decide what to do with the embryos, based on the property law that governs partitioning by sale, if necessary, of “goods or chattels.”
From New York Times
Exterior additions were removed, as were the dropped ceilings, fire doors and partitions from its nursing-home days.
From Seattle Times
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