sector

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sector is on the Academic Word List.

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Singular
sector

Plural
sectors

Sector is on the Academic Vocabulary List.
  1. (countable) A sector is a part or division of an area, especially part of the economy.
    Service sector jobs, such as restaurant jobs, are often low paying.
    The government is placing a large number of private businesses in the public sector.
    I am going to go patrol the south sector.

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