fragmentate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentate
Verb
  • Traditional models, often fragmented across departments, are frequently focused on near-term (monthly, quarterly or current fiscal year) goals and are highly reactive to change, rather than responsive to it.
    Tom Strohl, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • People without health insurance cannot access services, services in the county are fragmented, and low income creates additional barriers for residents, especially residents of color, the story found.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Appreciate the plurality of their needs and segment them into the top three priorities.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Distributors, of course, are working to segment every niche offering, and splitting Spanish-language from English is a move that has been discussed for some time.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This military incursion sparked the American Revolution and led to the Constitution's Third Amendment, forbidding troops from being quartered in homes during peacetime.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • LeMessurier also realized his engineers had miscalculated how much stress would be offset by the building’s weight during quartering winds.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Start by cutting off the sleeves of thrifted or no longer worn sweaters.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Jere is forced to get a job at a restaurant now that he's cut off financially.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, muntins are the thin, vertical and horizontal pieces of wood that form a pattern within that latticework and provide structure for fittings such as Shoji screens and Fusuma sliding doors that are used to partition rooms in a house.
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In 1920, the British government, under the Government of Ireland Act, partitioned Ireland, carving off six counties in the north and setting up the Protestant majority government of Northern Ireland.
    Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But in 2025, that script is breaking down.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Perfume houses might use microencapsulation, putting fragrance oils inside teeny spheres that break down slowly to release the notes over time.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What lingers are the fragments that weren’t rehearsed, a voice breaking, a note pulled from the back of a notebook, a chant that filled the room, a line spoken more to a spouse than to the cameras.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Bolt-action rifles, prized for reliability, require the operator to pull the trigger for one round before manually chambering another round.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The films are succinctly dissected, too.
    Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That’s partly why next week’s Fed policy meeting will be even more closely dissected than usual.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Fragmentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentate. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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