fragmented

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In contrast, shallow sleep was linked to minimal or fragmented experiences, such as a vague sense of presence without clear dream content.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Among the world's most endangered macaques, these forest primates now survive in small, fragmented populations as human activity eats into their habitat.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Rapino played down the comment, testifying that he meant Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, successfully took a fragmented industry and “put the pieces together to make it a global, attractive business for artists.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

There is a lingering loss of goodwill after years of sanctions and trade disputes, he said, and over time, that could “point to a more fragmented geopolitical landscape.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Instead, one might guess that they once had a more nearly continuous distribution, which became fragmented as speakers of other language families expanded or induced Miao-Yao speakers to abandon their tongues.

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