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fragment

[frag-muhnt, frag-muhnt, -ment, frag-ment] / ˈfræg mənt, ˈfræg mənt, -mɛnt, frægˈmɛnt /




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Lynch’s impulse to fragment takes a more playful, if morbid, turn in the “Kits.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Research has found the construction of roads can fragment habitats and increase erosion and sediment pollution in drinking water, among other potentially harmful outcomes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Whether it burns—and how badly—depends mostly on people: how much fuel we let accumulate, how quickly we detect and douse flames, and how much land we farm, fragment and pave.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

And 40 years ago, while studying one such bed for her PhD, Prof Christine Maggs found a fragment of pink-striped seaweed living on maerl she had never seen before.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

After I finally made the cut and handed it to Songololo, she looked at my hand and kissed it, knocking the fragment to the soil.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

But fragments of video and satellite imagery from before and after the disaster have begun to reveal the scale of the destruction.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Across Nepal's flood disaster zone, survivors are returning to villages reduced to mud and debris, searching for belongings, documents and fragments of lives swept away in minutes.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

Once there, the fragments can attach to proteins associated with disease.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Standard methods for assembling long DNA molecules typically use restriction enzymes to make cuts and T4 DNA ligase to connect the resulting fragments.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

What if the glass fragments could be pieced together into the original cups, vases, dishes, and other glassware?

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

"A core issue is fragmented governance, not a lack of technical capability."

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

“This is a devastating blowback to people who have been forced to navigate the fragmented and flawed federal emergency response.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Many diamond frogs live in forests that are becoming increasingly fragmented by deforestation.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

The industry is fragmented, with the vast majority of carriers operating 10 or fewer trucks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

In fact, precisely because Europe was fragmented, Columbus succeeded on his fifth try in persuading one of Europe’s hundreds of princes to sponsor him.

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

Ice masses of this size can remain in the ocean for years, slowly fragmenting into smaller pieces that may become progressively harder to detect and follow.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 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

But they haven’t fully priced in how the importance of domestic energy infrastructure will grow in a fragmenting world.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

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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