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[sek-shuhn] / ˈsɛk ʃən /


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This week, the board launched a college readiness section of its website, set up an email address for feedback — [email protected] — and announced a statewide listening tour.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

I can write about surveillance and war, and the consequences are an argument in the comments section.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Please make any suggestions in the comments section below - and also feel free to ask me any questions too.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The bulk of the canal's construction work involved widening, deepening and modifying existing waterways, while a small section had to be excavated, Xinhua said.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Jonah got a seat right on the aisle, so he could peer over sideways at the kids in the next section of seats.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

As those sections of crust descended, they released their water into the mantle.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

As of Saturday, it had burned 29,942 acres, closing sections of Highway 1.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

Social media platforms are littered with cheering sections gleefully anticipating mass unemployment in creative industries.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

"There's still smoke coming out from different sections," Cayabyab said, adding that coast guard personnel intended to enter the ship and conduct firefighting operations.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

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

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

Valdo was sectioned four times between May 2020 and January 2022.

From BBC May 14, 2026

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

It was sectioned off from the kitchen with a curtain.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

Skelton said the decision to release Calocane to the crisis team and return him to his accommodation was not a "gamble" or influenced by Calocane trying to "dissuade" him from sectioning him.

From BBC May 7, 2026

Although better sectioning is possible by using a higher illumination numerical aperture, this creates a shorter depth of focus that reduces the system's usable field of view.

From Science Daily Mar. 20, 2024

“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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