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[sek-shuhn] / ˈsɛk ʃən /


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But the Dutchman locked up into the hairpin in the stadium section and ruined his lap.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Another remarkable discovery from a different section of the cave involved a Neanderthal who lived thousands of years later.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The section “Broken Dolls” reminded me of lines from 1958’s “The Long, Hot Summer,” addressed to Joanne Woodward by an admiring Paul Newman: “I’ll bet you was a mighty appealin’ little girl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The $8.8-billion leg from L.A. to Anaheim is the final section that needs environmental clearance in the project’s first phase.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

I’d only been in the staff section a handful of times.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Gerrow said members of the lodge wanted people from all sections of society to be allowed to express their culture and traditions in peace.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

A rough month in the technology sector was less spooky in other sections of the stock market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

We switchbacked up steep sandy pitches, scrambled over sections of class 3 granite, and reached the peak in the early afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

To understand how the protective layer develops, the scientists examined the electrode surfaces and internal cross sections while carefully limiting their exposure to air.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

The music is repeated sections with fairly small changes.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

The house was purchased for $1 from the developer, sectioned and transported on flatbed trucks to Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

If you want frozen garlic — already sectioned and ready-to-use — Trader Joe’s carries the Dorot brand of frozen crushed garlic cubes.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

A small, makeshift rink sectioned off by barricades was stationed in the corner, and the glam bar was closed down by the second day of the event.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

He was sectioned and placed on a mental health ward at St James' Hospital in Portsmouth, run by the local NHS trust, where the family believed he would spend several months.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

Their own shapes sectioned in the thin and watery glass of the window there.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Researchers have incorporated a swept illumination source into an open-top light-sheet microscope to enable improved optical sectioning over a larger area of view.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

In March 2023, the force spent 10,000 hours working on sectioning patients and in 2021-22 received more than 78,000 mental health-related calls, and some 204,000 concern-for-welfare calls.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2023

“It is also equipped with manipulating arms which could be used to extricate the sub, such as by sectioning cables or things that would be blocking it at the bottom.”

From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

Johnson began by teaching the kids some basic techniques, like parting and sectioning hair, and by introducing them to the tools of the trade.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023

But this neatness, the neatness of Dante, was in the orderly sectioning and segregating of all levels of evil and decay.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison


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