fragmentary
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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
The stories of Nawara al-Najjar and Malak are a fragmentary glimpse into the suffering of the last 12 months.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024
Pedro Almodóvar’s first book consists of a mix of short stories and personal essays that amount to ‘a fragmentary autobiography.’
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024
At first I could not make much sense of what I heard; for the discourse of Louisa Eshton and Mary Ingram, who sat nearer to me, confused the fragmentary sentences that reached me at intervals.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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