fragmentary
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But in reproducing the fragmentary nature of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, which became a movie starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, the musical never acquires dramatic momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Yet the novel, while uniquely contemporary, joins a larger canon of fragmentary novels that resonate in our digital age of dwindling attention spans.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
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
One such fragmentary fossil has proven particularly valuable.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026
In doing so, I continued to piece together the fragmentary bits of my life and place them together until they became a mosaic.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
Vocabulary lists containing fragmentary
Novel Study: Fahrenheit 451, Part III
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The Fighting Ground
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Parts 1 & 2 Vocabulary (Unit 1)
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