The phrase "about a segment of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific part or portion of a larger topic or subject matter.
Example: "The report focuses on the findings about a segment of the population that has been largely overlooked in previous studies."
Alternatives: "regarding a portion of" or "concerning a part of".
This is only partly about tensions stemming from a high-profile trial it's also about a segment of America that feels threatened.
This is only partly about tensions stemming from a high-profile trial — it's also about a segment of America that feels threatened.
Ms. Tarricone and others stressed how changes in law address not only the logistical rights of access, but also help transform society's views about a segment of the population they say has been historically overlooked.
"I'm talking about a segment of kids who are just absolutely falling through the cracks because no one's paying attention to them," Ms. Feldman said in an interview last week as she prepared her speech.
Correction: June 19 , 2002 Wednesday Because of an editing error, an article in Business Day yesterday about a segment of the Wall Street Journal staff that opposes a return to the paper's office near ground zero omitted the name of the union whose newsroom director commented on the findings of a survey.
It's about a segment of the elite one percent abusing the enormous power that money affords it in a political system where dollars buy influence.
The New Yorker, May 16 , 1988P. 43 REPORTER AT LARGE about Kuwait, a segment of desert roughly the size of New Jersey.
By Milton Viorst The New Yorker, May 16 , 1988P. 43 REPORTER AT LARGE about Kuwait, a segment of desert roughly the size of New Jersey.
Today it's more about the size of a segment of the audience -- the younger segment -- but it's still about the size.
For the ND4 and ND5 genes, a segment of about 4000 bp from the ND4L to ND6 genes that spans the ND4 and ND5 genes was amplified.
This effort generated over 12 megabases (Mb) of sequences from 12 model species, all derived from the genomic region orthologous to a segment of about 1.8 Mb on human chromosome 7 containing ten genes, including the gene for cystic fibrosis.
