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

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sections

That means the researchers found roughly 19,000 locations where sections of DNA differed because they had been duplicated, deleted, or rearranged.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

The Marxist commentator Thomas Sankara, who died in 1987, became a trend on TikTok with clips edited with trending songs, GIFs of his face in comment sections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Tesla on Tuesday announced that it would offer robotaxi services in Tampa and Orlando, after expanding to Miami earlier in July, although its service is for now limited to small sections of those new cities.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Favourable conditions including low wind and rainfall on Saturday meant emergency responders were able to make "marked improvements" in extinguishing large sections of the six square kilometre area affected.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

They went straight down from his eyes, splitting his cheeks into sections.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata