as in to fragment
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With opposition parties fragmented and public opinion largely favoring peace and progress, CCM’s victory in 2025 appears real.—
Danish Manzoor Bhat,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025 -
Technology increasingly fragments our attention into smaller and smaller units, leaving us less anchored in our own lives.—
Arianna Huffington,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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The problem can be further segmented into specific problematic orbits, according to Darren McKnight, senior technical fellow at LeoLabs, which performs high-resolution debris tracking for private clients and government agencies.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Sep. 2025
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The base can be flipped over and the underside is segmented to carry cupcakes more securely or use as a serving dish.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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But there was no coup insofar as the military remained quartered rather than actively joining the protests or issuing a threat to compel the prime minister to resign.—
John Joseph Chin,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard.—
Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
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For more severe cases, Orlando says procedures such as rubber band ligation (placing a small band around the base of an internal hemorrhoid to cut off its blood supply) and sclerotherapy (an injection that shrinks the hemorrhoid), may be recommended.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Before entering the house, Rader climbed a fence and cut off the family's phone lines, per a CNN transcript from court.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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But one item, framed on the glass wall partitioning the different areas of the restaurant, stands out from the rest — a single pair of hot pink men's underpants.—
Endia Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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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
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The kid just broke down and bawled.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Oct. 2025
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Welcome to your Queer Weekly Horoscope, a bite-sized look at the coming days broken down by your zodiac sign.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
21 Oct. 2025
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The pair took their Clueless looks to the next level by posing in front of a white Jeep just like the one driven by Cher in the movie — with Kim pouting at the wheel as North pulled a shocked face.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Within seconds, several officers pull her toward the entrance of the facility as others move to hold back the crowd.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Tallulah’s career was also a vehicle to dissect what makes young people gravitate to — and hate — each other.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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On this week’s Nashville Now, Hale and Halestorm guitarist Joe Hottinger breaks down Nashville’s vital rock scene, dissect the making of Everest, and makes at least one Spinal Tap reference.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Fragmentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentate. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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