fragmentary

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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

"The future of dinosaur research will depend on paying attention to the humble, the fragmentary, the small."

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026

For criticism, streaming snippets are now carried along in a fragmentary rush of social media, bumping aside analog writing and reading.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 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

Although there is a large literature on the classification and natural history of spiders, it is scattered and fragmentary and deals not at all with their value as an agent of biological control.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson