fragmented

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“Patients and caregivers pleaded for urgency. All of it was met with inconsistent communication and a fragmented and slow-moving regulatory process which clearly puts U.S. innovation at risk.”

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

“There’s a lot of caveats, a lot of complexity in an already extremely complex, fragmented and nuanced healthcare system,” Long said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

One key to his success has been his demolition of the fragmented, old opposition parties.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

It is encouraging to see the Austrian bank deploy excess capital to boost its scale in an existing market, though the Romanian banking sector remains fragmented.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Naturally, Miao-Yao speakers did not acquire their current fragmented distribution as a result of ancient helicopter flights that dropped them here and there over the Asian landscape.

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