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sections

NOUN

division, portion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

area branch category chunk department district field part passage piece region sector segment zone

STRONG

belt bite classification component cut drag end fraction fragment hunk installment locality lump member moiety parcel precinct quarter sample share slice slot sphere split subdivision territory tier tract vicinity

WEAK

cross section

Antonyms

STRONGEST

whole

STRONG

entirety total

Example Sentences

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To create the connectome, researchers sliced a single fruit fly into thousands of extremely thin serial sections.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Our bodies have a mechanism for rebuilding worn-out or damaged tissue, replacing whole sections of our selves annually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The scene is a giant movie screen broken up in sections and upon which is projected witty, fantastical background animation, while the characters are the live singers, dressed as though silent film stars.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Much of last season at Celtic was marked by sections of the support protesting against the board.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The Hitler Youth divided the neighborhoods into sections, to make sure no house was overlooked.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti