See sector in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Service sector jobs, such as restaurant jobs, are often low paying."
},
{
"text": "The government is placing a large number of private businesses in the public sector."
},
{
"text": "I am going to go patrol the south sector."
}
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"A sector is a part or division of an area, especially part of the economy."
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