fragmentary

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The species had originally been named several years earlier based on fragmentary remains, but the new skeleton provided a far clearer view of the animal's unusual body structure.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Morrison seems to have taken particular inspiration from the omissions and evasions of Faulkner’s fragmentary storytelling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Debord’s genius was in seeing that world in its totality and not in the fragmentary form in which it wants to be seen.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

The stories of Nawara al-Najjar and Malak are a fragmentary glimpse into the suffering of the last 12 months.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

In doing so, I continued to piece together the fragmentary bits of my life and place them together until they became a mosaic.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi