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fragment

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




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Lynch’s impulse to fragment takes a more playful, if morbid, turn in the “Kits.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Its surface area is roughly comparable to Manhattan Island, giving scientists a rare opportunity to observe how enormous Arctic ice masses develop, move through the ocean and eventually fragment.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

Whether it burns—and how badly—depends mostly on people: how much fuel we let accumulate, how quickly we detect and douse flames, and how much land we farm, fragment and pave.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

And 40 years ago, while studying one such bed for her PhD, Prof Christine Maggs found a fragment of pink-striped seaweed living on maerl she had never seen before.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The jacket he wore was a part of his father’s history, a fragment of Bull’s biography that occurred before Ben’s birth.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

But fragments of video and satellite imagery from before and after the disaster have begun to reveal the scale of the destruction.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Across Nepal's flood disaster zone, survivors are returning to villages reduced to mud and debris, searching for belongings, documents and fragments of lives swept away in minutes.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

By following the ice island as it moves and gradually fragments, scientists hope to learn more about the behavior of large Arctic ice islands and the forces driving the continuing evolution of Petermann Glacier.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

These exposed sections help DNA fragments bind to one another.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

The donkey and especially the toad, the creatures most important to him, had vanished, had become extinct; only rotting fragments, an eyeless head here, part of a hand there, remained.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

“This is a devastating blowback to people who have been forced to navigate the fragmented and flawed federal emergency response.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Could it, for example, pursue more acquisitions in this notoriously fragmented industry?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Many diamond frogs live in forests that are becoming increasingly fragmented by deforestation.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

The industry is fragmented, with the vast majority of carriers operating 10 or fewer trucks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Now contrast those events in China with what happened when fleets of exploration began to sail from politically fragmented Europe.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

According to the Alma Research Center, they include an advanced interceptor drone, specialist fragmenting anti-drone ammunition, and automatic firing systems with electro-optical sensors.

From BBC May 28, 2026

"By fragmenting human societies across the landscape, malaria contributed to the population structure we see today. Climate and physical barriers were not the only forces shaping where human populations could live."

From Science Daily May 3, 2026

Eliot or novelists such as James Joyce, whom they viewed as fragmenting English-speaking culture and twisting tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

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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