fragmentary

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By the century’s end it was fragmentary and partially overgrown, its once-pulsing culture withered to a memory that only the growth of the federal highway system in the 20th century would revive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

This approach had not previously been applied to dinosaur fossils and could open up new ways to study fragmentary remains.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

The full picture isn't clear, but the emails give fragmentary glimpses, with mentions of opportunities and connections in China, the Gulf and Libya.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

They show fragmentary urban scenes — a few palm trees illuminated by the glow of an unseen automobile’s headlights, the artist’s bland backyard, some mute shops — but the images aren’t compelling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

The kouros it most resembled, it turned out, was a smaller, fragmentary statue that was found by a British art historian in Switzerland in 1990.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell