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fragment

[frag-muhnt, frag-muhnt, -ment, frag-ment] / ˈfræg mənt, ˈfræg mənt, -mɛnt, frægˈmɛnt /




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These include a fragment from Byron—only a few scribbled pages, set in a Turkish cemetery, about the mysterious Augustus Darvell—and a long story called “The Vampyre” by John William Polidori, Byron’s former doctor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

However, at least one previous researcher detected lead in the ink of a fragment left over from early attempts to physically open the scrolls.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

These along with a fragment from a Magnum bottle were found on the jeans recovered from the clothing bin.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

It was the last great regional sports network deal, with traditional broadcast audiences about to fragment amid the rise of streaming and cord-cutting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The theories of the time tried to save a fragment of Aristotle’s philosophy by declaring that nature’s horror of the vacuum was “limited”; it could only destroy a finite amount of vacuum.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

In a lab at the Center for DNA Identification in Hanoi last week, technicians carefully cut into bone fragments separated from remains to extract samples for DNA analysis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Eliot Prize-winning collection of narrative poetry “The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos”; her haunting accordion-fold elegy, “Nox”; and her widely praised translation of Sappho’s surviving fragments, “If Not, Winter.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

BBC Verify has confirmed the images are genuine and the apparent missile fragments came down in an area of open land surrounded by high-rise apartment buildings.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

He also cautioned against a rush to judgment, saying: “The public has seen fragments of this case, not the full record. Yet allegations are already being treated as conclusions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

To Louisa Safechuck, those fragments wouldn’t have read like a recommendation.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The company competes in a “very fragmented space,” is more than double the size of its next biggest competitor and has been using AI to optimize pricing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

They began to employ just-in-time principles, commonplace in big corporations, but unheard of in the fragmented, still old-school car repair industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Shock and dissociation can make memories fragmented, and people may remember additional details over time.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Moss carder bumblebees are largely found in small, fragmented populations, according to the trust.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Somehow life had become fragmented, confusing; for a moment he had lost his unwavering drive.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

"In a world of infinite choice, audiences are fragmenting, trust is scarce and facts are contested," Brittin said.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Capturing a comet in the act of fragmenting is something the team had long hoped to achieve.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026

In a fragmenting postwar global order, the administration sees American security as linked to oil resources in the Western Hemisphere, said Kevin Book, who heads research at energy-research firm ClearView Energy Partners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

Prolonged uncertainty over trade policy is, in the Fund's view, likely to weigh on business investment decisions and cloud growth prospects, while fragmenting supply chains over the medium term.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 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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