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fragmentation

[frag-muhn-tey-shuhn] / ˌfræg mənˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
disintegration
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Morgan Private Bank, which published its Mid-Year Outlook on May 11, focusing on the investment implications of global fragmentation, sticky inflation, and the AI supercycle.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

A story of fragmentation, volatility, multi-party politics and records tumbling.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The fragmentation of media, the decline of trust in institutions and the rise of personality-driven content have all altered the landscape.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

In another, known as fragmentation, the explosion creates a disk of material around the collapsing core, and clumps in that disk eventually form a small neutron star, similar to how planets form.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

Historians have subsequently pointed out to me that Europe’s fragmentation, China’s unity, and Europe’s and China’s relative strengths were all more complex than depicted in my account.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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