- present participle of fracture.
fracturing
Example Sentences
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Asian countries are rationing fuel, governments are emptying their crude-oil stockpiles, airlines are canceling thousands of flights, and Middle East alliances are fracturing.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Reagan amid the tumult and tectonic fracturing of the 1960s Civil Rights and Free Speech movements.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
This fracturing was clear at the last general election two years ago, even if the make-up of the House of Commons afterwards didn't really reflect it.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
If confirmed, he stands to inherit a Fed caught between a technological shift that has yet to hold prices down and a fracturing geopolitical landscape that keeps threatening to push prices up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Their relationship, he knew, had been at the point of fracturing.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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