FRAGMENTATE Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

fragmentate

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Definition of fragmentate

as in to fragment

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As organizations from Seattle to Berlin increasingly deploy open-weight and open-source models for cost and compliance reasons, the risk of fragmenting the ecosystem along regional or ideological lines grows.

— Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Over time, these rocks are fragmented and broken up into small mineral particles by plant roots forcing open cracks, or lichens secreting chemicals that dissolve rocks to release nutrients.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of fragment

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This is a great opportunity to segment and target donor audiences, particularly those making gifts close to or under $1,000.

— Dale Bannon, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
An Audience Simulation Agent can segment audiences and simulate how individual groups could react to a message before its release.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

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When the Commerce Department cut off sea grants for Maine’s flagship university, Collins called Secretary Howard Lutnick to save them.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
But the President has not yet followed through on such an action, which would cut off global supplies from the world’s largest diesel exporter and likely worsen shortages around the world.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

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Recent history recalls plans to partition Iraq into ethnic substates.

— David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026
In August 1947 the Indian subcontinent achieved independence from British rule but was simultaneously partitioned into the separate countries India and Pakistan.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026

Definition of partition

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When Charles breaks down inside the brothel, how much of it was about Adam versus Cathy?

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
The fighting represents the sharpest escalation since a 2022 ceasefire between the Houthis, Yemen’s government and Saudi Arabia broke down in July.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

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Achane’s replacement scored at the end of the third quarter pulled Miami within a score, making it 12-10 headed into the fourth quarter.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Like a matador swirling his cape, Patrick Roden-Reynolds pulled a swatch of white flannel this way and that on the grass and leaf litter in my yard.

— Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of pull

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The replay spread across social media, where fans dissected the contact frame by frame and once again accused WNBA officials of allowing opponents to take non-basketball shots at Clark without immediate consequences.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Far from the only injury news to dissect Horn and Jackson aren’t the only ones who left Cleveland hurt.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026

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