fragmentary
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But in reproducing the fragmentary nature of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, which became a movie starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, the musical never acquires dramatic momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The fresco is fragmentary, but the intensity of its emotion shines through.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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
This approach had not previously been applied to dinosaur fossils and could open up new ways to study fragmentary remains.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Although there is a large literature on the classification and natural history of spiders, it is scattered and fragmentary and deals not at all with their value as an agent of biological control.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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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