fragmented
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As Michael Cox wrote in 1983, “nothing fragmented the completeness, nothing disturbed the balance of Monty James’s personality.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
From her vantage point, the current system is fragmented with no clear authority.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Without this protein, the mitochondrial network becomes fragmented.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The response also suffered because of the fragmented nature of the system, with thousands of different providers and services overseen by councils.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Naturally, Miao-Yao speakers did not acquire their current fragmented distribution as a result of ancient helicopter flights that dropped them here and there over the Asian landscape.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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