fragmentary

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The species had originally been named several years earlier based on fragmentary remains, but the new skeleton provided a far clearer view of the animal's unusual body structure.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Morrison seems to have taken particular inspiration from the omissions and evasions of Faulkner’s fragmentary storytelling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

For criticism, streaming snippets are now carried along in a fragmentary rush of social media, bumping aside analog writing and reading.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

The stories of Nawara al-Najjar and Malak are a fragmentary glimpse into the suffering of the last 12 months.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

At first I could not make much sense of what I heard; for the discourse of Louisa Eshton and Mary Ingram, who sat nearer to me, confused the fragmentary sentences that reached me at intervals.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë