fragmentation
Example Sentences
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“It was not possible for me to imagine a solution to the level of fragmentation, pain, and dysfunction I saw,” she writes, leaving readers without much justification for having followed her rambling, idiosyncratic quest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I think there will be a trend towards more fragmentation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The trust's records centre manager, Alex Waechter, said: "We have a chance to combat the losses and fragmentation of the past two centuries through the creation of new linking habitats and wildlife corridors."
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
In a city still struggling with affordability, homelessness, sprawl, and social fragmentation, his work and his spirit are reminders to be more generous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
This suggested to me the Optimal Fragmentation Principle: innovation proceeds most rapidly in a society with some optimal intermediate degree of fragmentation: a too-unified society is at a disadvantage, and so is a too-fragmented society.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing fragmentation
Give Me a Break!: Fract and Frag
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Jimmy Carter, Speech from July 15, 1979
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Jimmy Carter on "The Crisis of Confidence" (1979)
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