fragment
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In these, Mr. Batiste considers a fragment of Monk’s “Reflections” for its harmonic and emotional implications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Research has found the construction of roads can fragment habitats and increase erosion and sediment pollution in drinking water, among other potentially harmful outcomes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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
A fragment of beetle was sticking to her lower lip, and there was no expression at all in her black button eyes.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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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
A human, an octopus, and a coral may appear to have almost nothing in common, but their chromosomes still contain recognizable fragments inherited from an animal ancestor that lived more than 600 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Standard methods for assembling long DNA molecules typically use restriction enzymes to make cuts and T4 DNA ligase to connect the resulting fragments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
There are even suggestions that mountains as far south as the Shackleton Range in Antarctica may be fragments of the Appalachian family.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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“That can only happen if your products are not fragmented or integrated.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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, he says, they have a "fragmented portfolio spanning social impact, entertainment and lifestyle, which has made it difficult to know exactly what their brand stands for".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Even if the memories are fragmented, I feel the sweetness in them.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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"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
That is fragmenting commerce and fueling price volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
The IMF however warned that trade diversion and rerouting -- while offering short-term resilience -- are costly and risk fragmenting global supply chains.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
For decades, biologists have studied how cities affect wildlife by altering food supplies, fragmenting habitats and polluting the environment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
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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