partitioned

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In 1880, three-quarters of all Jews in the world lived in Eastern Europe—specifically, in the territory of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, partitioned a century before by Austria, Prussia and Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The fall of El-Fasher gave paramilitaries control over all five state capitals in Darfur, raising fears that Sudan would effectively be partitioned along an east-west axis.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

It was partitioned by a huge black grand piano on which was mounted a large, silver-framed autographed picture of Walt Disney himself.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

These small segments are partitioned off from one another, which “seals off the fluid and makes a water balloon,” explains Bruce Jayne, a biology professor and animal locomotion researcher at the University of Cincinnati.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2024

The attic of our home was partitioned into two small rooms.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya