fragments

NOUN

debris

Synonyms

STRONGEST

detritus junk remains rubbish rubble trash wreck wreckage

STRONG

bits crap dregs dross garbage offal pieces refuse riffraff ruins

Antonyms

STRONGEST

belongings possessions

NOUN

detritus

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rubble

STRONG

deposit grains leavings scree sediment shavings

NOUN

dust

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dirt earth grime lint powder sand soil soot

STRONG

ashes cinders filth flakes granules grit ground loess refuse smut

WEAK

dust bunnies gilings

NOUN

trash

Synonyms

STRONGEST

debris droppings junk litter residue rubbish rubble sediment waste

STRONG

dregs dross excess filth leavings oddments offal pieces refuse rummage scourings scrap scraps scum shavings sweepings

WEAK

odds and ends

Antonyms

STRONGEST

possessions

WEAK

assets valuables

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We store memories as a jumble of sensory fragments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

It seems that we store these memories as a jumble of sensory fragments and music somehow snaps the pieces together.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Scientists have become increasingly interested in why some of these ancient DNA fragments survived in modern humans while others disappeared.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Most tiny fragments that create meteors originally come from comets, icy objects that formed in the cold outer solar system.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

They show only fragments of ideas: a ring of tents, a central promenade.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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