fragmented

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In contrast, shallow sleep was linked to minimal or fragmented experiences, such as a vague sense of presence without clear dream content.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Among the world's most endangered macaques, these forest primates now survive in small, fragmented populations as human activity eats into their habitat.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Firms see opportunities to consolidate the fragmented industries and resell combined companies for a profit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

There is a lingering loss of goodwill after years of sanctions and trade disputes, he noted, and over time that could “point to a more fragmented geopolitical landscape.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Those and other draconian measures must have contributed to the spread of North China’s Sino-Tibetan languages over most of China, and to reducing the Miao-Yao and other language families to their present fragmented distributions.

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