fragmentary
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The fresco is fragmentary, but the intensity of its emotion shines through.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Levy was shaped by the fragmentary canon while writing “Flat Earth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing fragmentary
Novel Study: Fahrenheit 451, Part III
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The Fighting Ground
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Parts 1 & 2 Vocabulary (Unit 1)
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