splintering
Example Sentences
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Instead, the middle class is splintering along generational lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Individual investors kicked off 2026 by taking a page from the playbook of global central banks and stockpiling gold as a hedge against a splintering world order.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
“Or you get chaos and splintering and regionalization,” Ratney said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
Price’s thesis is simple, but unsettling: modern digital life — especially social media — is turbocharging our anxieties and splintering our attention spans, making what she calls “True Fun” feel increasingly elusive.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2025
The piano jerked out of our hands, sending us lurching forward, and bounced into the house, splintering the door frame.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
