fragment
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A fragment of one of these elaborate constructions survives in the dress collection stored today at Hampton Court, where Elizabeth’s “standing wardrobe” was kept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
El Adli discovered the first fossil fragment on Aug. 31.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
These along with a fragment from a Magnum bottle were found on the jeans recovered from the clothing bin.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Its surface area is roughly comparable to Manhattan Island, giving scientists a rare opportunity to observe how enormous Arctic ice masses develop, move through the ocean and eventually fragment.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
His fingers moved absentmindedly to the little pouch still strung around his neck, through which he could feel the jagged mirror fragment in which he had been sure he had seen Dumbledore’s eye.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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“As listening fragments, depth of fan connection arguably becomes more important to long-term artist careers than mass reach,” said Tatiana Cirisano, VP of music strategy at Midia Research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Hopeful return: Bryce Elder had an arthroscopic procedure to clean up bone fragments in his right knee on Sept. 8.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Instead of working with a nearly complete fossil skeleton, the team had to reconstruct the story from small fragments preserved inside one coprolite.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
There are large fragments of salt-eaten machinery littering the shore, relics of the island’s martial heyday.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
From these fragments, researchers discovered that Stone Age mathematicians were a bit more rugged than modern ones.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Different parts of the brain are responsible for processing different streams of sensory information, yet our experience of the world usually feels unified rather than fragmented.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
It argues that the current legal framework which applies to AI is "fragmented and difficult to navigate", "leaving gaps in protection".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The case reveals the vulnerabilities that come from an opaque and fragmented market, said Erin Thompson, a professor of art crime at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Inditex, which operates in 215 markets worldwide, said its business model, "characterised by flexibility, responsiveness and within-season sourcing, permits us to react to fashion trends, reinforcing our unique market position" in a fragmented sector.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The dim light fragmented and died away creeping up the eastern wall.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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It said hundreds of vessels are now part of shadow fleets that evade sanctions and sail without insurance, fragmenting supply chains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
For the world's emerging market countries, there is another challenge in a fragmenting world economy: What will drive their own growth, if not demand from larger economies?
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
According to the Alma Research Center, they include an advanced interceptor drone, specialist fragmenting anti-drone ammunition, and automatic firing systems with electro-optical sensors.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Planetesimals frequently crash into each other, sometimes merging into larger bodies and sometimes fragmenting into smaller ones.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2025
When I open my eyes, the world looks slightly fractured, and it takes a minute to realize that the sun must be well up and the glasses fragmenting my vision.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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