adjective
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composed of several sections
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of or relating to a section
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Etymology
Origin of sectional
Example Sentences
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Rollins: It first hit me when we won the North Coast Sectional in high school.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023
Sectional Qualifying is played over 36 holes in one day at several sites in the United States, as well as one each in Japan and Europe.
From Golf Digest • Jun. 4, 2018
Sectional seedings for Maryland public schools were released this week, setting the stage for the long march to the state championship later this month.
From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2017
Open golf championship next month at Oakmont Country Club in the International Sectional qualifier at Walton Heath in Surrey, England on Monday.
From Reuters • May 30, 2016
Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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