fragment
Example Sentences
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When paleontologists first spotted the crest and several jaw fragments on the desert surface in November 2019, they did not immediately realize what they had found.
From Science Daily
"It is fragmented factions who sit in Mogadishu. They don't agree on anything," he said.
From Barron's
That is fragmenting commerce and fueling price volatility.
The blood test searches for fragments of DNA – or genetic code – that have escaped from tumours and entered the bloodstream.
From BBC
Isidora was Greek, and her name is etched in black ink on the left side of the red-tinted fragments of wrapping that still adhere to her portrait.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.