partition

Example Sentences

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A metal partition wraps around the tally room where members of the public can observe activity in the tally room and elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times

For the first time since the 1921 partition that has kept the North under British rule, Catholics constitute a plurality of the population in the territory.

From New York Times

Sinn Fein, by contrast, believes that the island of Ireland should be a unified sovereign state, undoing the partition that carved up the region in 1921.

From New York Times

Sauper also spends time with a group of American missionaries who are partitioning the land in their own way.

From New York Times

The majority Greek Cypriots reject anything that would formalize a partition, as well as demands for a Turkish Cypriot veto on all federal-level government decisions, permanent Turkish troop presence and Turkish military intervention rights.

From Seattle Times