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fragment

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




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

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Not a bad place,” Mr. Adams joked, explaining how he refashioned the concept of a parody mass, in which a fragment of an earlier work serves as the foundation of something new.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Its surface area is roughly comparable to Manhattan Island, giving scientists a rare opportunity to observe how enormous Arctic ice masses develop, move through the ocean and eventually fragment.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 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

Like a colossal junkyard, the swamps and back lots of Connecticut flashed past, one broken-down fragment bearing no relation to another.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Among the collection are fragments written by a man named Dionysios, who worked as a school teacher and scribe-for-hire.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

“As listening fragments, depth of fan connection arguably becomes more important to long-term artist careers than mass reach,” said Tatiana Cirisano, VP of music strategy at Midia Research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Hopeful return: Bryce Elder had an arthroscopic procedure to clean up bone fragments in his right knee on Sept. 8.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Over the years, I have come to understand that we learn our parents’ histories slowly, often in fragments, and sometimes only in retrospect.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

It stung a little, and fragments of earth fell down his collar and under his clothes.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

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

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

The electric-vehicle market remains exceptionally fragmented, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Different parts of the brain are responsible for processing different streams of sensory information, yet our experience of the world usually feels unified rather than fragmented.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

UniCredit wants to create a European banking behemoth better able to take on bigger US rivals and argues that a merger would strengthen the region's fragmented banking sector.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

The door, meagerly, opened and he saw within the apartment a fragmented and misaligned shrinking figure, a girl who cringed and slunk away and yet held onto the door, as if for physical support.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

"By fragmenting human societies across the landscape, malaria contributed to the population structure we see today. Climate and physical barriers were not the only forces shaping where human populations could live."

From Science Daily ● May 3, 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

Prof Weissbourd points to a broader fragmenting of communities too.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

The IMF however warned that trade diversion and rerouting -- while offering short-term resilience -- are costly and risk fragmenting global supply chains.

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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