fragmented

Example Sentences

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People who tend to mind-wander more often reported dreams that were fragmented and constantly changing.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

Coachella is no longer a single cultural event but a deliberately fragmented one, each part reshaping what the festival means and where it’s headed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

That means the trio don’t risk losing market share when they keep supply constrained the way companies in more fragmented industries might.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Mr. Armitage reminds us that “Gilgamesh” is less a singular artifact than a long, fragmented transmission—spoken, inscribed, shattered, buried, misread, resurrected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Behind these and other proximate factors, I saw an “Optimal Fragmentation Principle”: ultimate geographic factors that led to China becoming unified early and mostly remaining unified thereafter, while Europe remained constantly fragmented.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond