as in to fragment
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Rather than allowing operators to build national scale—which might create cost advantages that stabilize competition—regulation fragments the market into local fiefdoms where economies of scale are extraordinarily difficult to capture.
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The British electorate has fragmented.
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Finding out the appropriate way to segment the market, determining the right segment to target, and positioning the company in the eyes of customers will enable a company to allocate its resources effectively.
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If a judge overturned Tuesday’s court ruling to extend polling place times, the provisional ballots would help election officials segment out votes cast after polls were originally scheduled to close.
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Meanwhile, break the cauliflower into small florets, halving or quartering the larger ones, and rinse well.
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The biggest games, the greatest stages, have been quartered off by a velvet rope.
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Through a series of measures starting in 2022, Washington has cut off China’s access to the cutting-edge GPUs, throttling Chinese companies’ efforts in competing for the top AI models with US tech giants.
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But Emerald Bay is gate-guarded, accessible only to residents, and its half-mile stretch of golden sand is bordered by the cliffs of two jutting points, geographically cutting off public access via other beaches.
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In August 1947 the Indian subcontinent achieved independence from British rule but was simultaneously partitioned into the separate countries India and Pakistan.
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Try framing your deck with a thick flower bed to partition the area off from the rest of your yard in a colorful, attractive way.
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Bland broke down when the judge announced his verdict, wiping tears from her face.
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The former Michigan star broke down in tears on Tuesday, June 23 after the Golden State Warriors selected him 11th overall in the 2026 NBA Draft, with the 6-foot-9 forward embracing his mother, Yissel Raposo, in an emotional scene inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
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This seasonal turn pulls you toward a time of reflection.
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To pull it off, the show’s creative team had to build a rock star from the ground up, crafting a visual identity, creating music that could stand on its own outside the series, and transforming Reid into a performer capable of owning a crowd rather than simply acting in front of one.
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Streaming numbers are in their relative infancy and TV ratings are now dissected with multiplatform caveats.
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He was dissected in various media reports.
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“Fragmentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentate. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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