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fragment

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




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However, at least one previous researcher detected lead in the ink of a fragment left over from early attempts to physically open the scrolls.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

El Adli discovered the first fossil fragment on Aug. 31.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

These along with a fragment from a Magnum bottle were found on the jeans recovered from the clothing bin.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The WTO examined two ways in which the trading system might fragment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The servant stood up, shaking a fragment in Bandit’s face.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

We do already have some fragments of the Red Planet here on Earth in the form of Martian meteorites.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

In a lab at the Center for DNA Identification in Hanoi last week, technicians carefully cut into bone fragments separated from remains to extract samples for DNA analysis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Eliot Prize-winning collection of narrative poetry “The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos”; her haunting accordion-fold elegy, “Nox”; and her widely praised translation of Sappho’s surviving fragments, “If Not, Winter.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

He also cautioned against a rush to judgment, saying: “The public has seen fragments of this case, not the full record. Yet allegations are already being treated as conclusions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Alertly Biff picked up fragments of his monologue.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Somalia announced on Thursday that parliamentary and presidential elections would be held next year in the deeply fragmented country that faces a long-running Islamist insurgency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

This will bring together the running of trains and tracks, ending the current fragmented system.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Combined with a fragmented healthcare system, many people do not receive the care they need."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The company competes in a “very fragmented space,” is more than double the size of its next biggest competitor and has been using AI to optimize pricing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Again, my recall of that visit was fragmented, and what was left behind had nothing to do with the doctor.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

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

Capturing a comet in the act of fragmenting is something the team had long hoped to achieve.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 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

Prof Weissbourd points to a broader fragmenting of communities too.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

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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