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

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

But Almodóvar found, on reading the pieces he has collected, that they amount to “a fragmentary autobiography, incomplete and a little cryptic.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

There is some preliminary, still fragmentary evidence for important pheromones in primates.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas