fragmentation
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“Nexstar’s influence is much diminished from its heyday, thanks to audience fragmentation, so it does need to consolidate to have any kind of future on its own terms,” TVNewsCheck editor Michael Depp told me.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
Specifically, she says world leaders should be increasing the number of winners in trade deals as they grapple with the U.S.-China rivalry, geopolitical fragmentation and artificial intelligence.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
"Those pock marks are witness marks of a fragmentation munition," an analyst from McKenzie Intelligence said.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“High uncertainty and geo-economic fragmentation are here to stay.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
This suggested to me the Optimal Fragmentation Principle: innovation proceeds most rapidly in a society with some optimal intermediate degree of fragmentation: a too-unified society is at a disadvantage, and so is a too-fragmented society.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing fragmentation
Give Me a Break!: Fract and Frag
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Jimmy Carter, Speech from July 15, 1979
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Jimmy Carter on "The Crisis of Confidence" (1979)
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