fragmentary
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However, it is important to remember that the vast majority of fossils found during excavations are fragmentary.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
The material Patterson gives them is too fragmentary, not to say inconsistent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
This year James Bailey, who has written before on Spark’s early fiction, takes a more fragmentary approach to the author in “Like a Cat Loves a Bird.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“The vogue when I was writing ‘Dept. of Speculation’ was for realist doorstopper books that were self-consciously about big ideas,” explains the novelist, who published her now-classic fragmentary novel in 2014.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Red Corn did not know more than these fragmentary details relayed to her by relatives, and she hoped that I could investigate her grandfather’s death.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing fragmentary
Novel Study: Fahrenheit 451, Part III
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Parts 1 & 2 Vocabulary (Unit 1)
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