fragmented

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"I think those of us who use the NHS, the lived experience is one of disconnected, fragmented systems, explaining who you are to a different person on every ward, at the front desk," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“Patients and caregivers pleaded for urgency. All of it was met with inconsistent communication and a fragmented and slow-moving regulatory process which clearly puts U.S. innovation at risk.”

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

“There’s a lot of caveats, a lot of complexity in an already extremely complex, fragmented and nuanced healthcare system,” Long said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

It is encouraging to see the Austrian bank deploy excess capital to boost its scale in an existing market, though the Romanian banking sector remains fragmented.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Another fragmented language group is the Austroasiatic family, whose most widely spoken languages are Vietnamese and Cambodian.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond