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[seg-muhnt, seg-ment, seg-ment] / ˈsɛg mənt, ˈsɛg mɛnt, sɛgˈmɛnt /


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However, funds flowing into the real assets segment ticked up 10% to $4.4 billion from $4 billion in the first quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

"Today, Apple is proud to report our strongest June quarter ever, with double-digit revenue growth across iPhone, Mac and Services, and in every geographic segment," Cook said in a statement.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Revenue from its asset management and strategic holdings segment climbed to $2.2 billion from $1.84 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The mainstay automotive segment booked an operating margin of 2.3%, down from 5.4% a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

“This is it, ladies! It’s the final segment of competition. Good luck!”

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

Among its three core segments, vision care, its largest, saw a 4% increase in revenue, while surgical and pharmaceuticals rose 19% and 15%, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The company's chief executive Francesco Milleri said sales of AI glasses expanded across the globe and consumer segments and were generating sustainable profits.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

They uncovered thousands of structural variants, including DNA segments that had been duplicated, deleted, or rearranged.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

Among the company’s business segments, second-quarter sales for aeronautics, which includes the F-35 fighter jet, rose 9.3% to $8.11 billion, besting the FactSet consensus of $7.61 billion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

A few times I even caught him watching the news segments about Obama in the evenings, after he got home from work.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

It is the latest example of Apple deploying a decades-old chip industry strategy to squeeze profits from lesser-performing processors by selling them like eggs, gas, diamonds or hotel rooms, segmented by good, better and best.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

Public transit there feels more segmented, so traveling to Oakland can take a long time, and getting to outdoor or hiking destinations isn’t really feasible without a car.

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

The 2025 SDR recommended a new "segmented approach" to MoD defence procurement to deliver contracts within two years.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

In a segmented system, the housing authorities manage the leasing but the VA is responsible for identifying qualified veterans and helping them find a home.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2025

The birds themselves swooped and cried, weaving in and out of immense, curved ridges that could only be spines, segmented and spurred, and, unmistakably: giant hands, giant feet.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The rise of Geese reflects Gen Z’s broad interest in music from decades-past, which they have unfettered access to thanks to streaming, and a distaste for segmenting sounds into genres, industry observers say.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

The researchers investigated the drug’s effect on numerous subgroups within their sample population, segmenting it by age, heart or lung condition, gender, smoking status or time since symptom onset.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2022

Once you get really good at segmenting people or giving them the right recommendations, you have to have a different way to follow up with every single person.

From The Verge Feb. 1, 2022

It aims to preserve user privacy by segmenting its audience into larger groups.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2022

Blastoderm, blas′to-derm, n. an embryological term applied to the layer or layers of cells arising from the germinal disc, or the portion of a partially segmenting egg which undergoes division.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various




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