fragmentated

Definition of fragmentatednext
past tense of fragmentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentated
Verb
  • Throughout the region, Kurdish politics and loyalties are fragmented.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Distribution is fragmented, talent has alternatives, capital exists outside studios, and studios don’t know the first thing about audience development.
    Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • All of this has already been dissected, especially after president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski questioned last October whether Harper could return to an elite level.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This entire season has dissected the way that modern society conflates existential and economic purpose.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Designating the company a supply chain risk cuts off Anthropic's defense work using an authority that was designed to prevent foreign adversaries from harming national security systems.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Others coordinated to use their consecutive time slots to read off of the same script, starting where the person before them hand been cut off.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Iran has effectively bifurcated the strait between its traditional Navy and the more aggressive Revolutionary Guard.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
  • By the end of the 20th century, the assignments bifurcated.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Brent crude, which at one point neared $120 a barrel, pulled back significantly to around $90.
    Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • As a result, insurers, oil companies and cargo firms have pulled back from operating in the area or transiting the critical waterway.
    Steve Kopack, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But there’s one factor helping them on Iran policy right now, two decades after Iraq cleaved the Democratic Party in two.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Cyprus was cleaved along ethnic lines in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup aiming to unite the island with Greece.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The singer then broke down in hysterical laughter, falling onto the table in front of her and shoving her microphone away.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Steelers coach Mike McCarthy and Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson broke down each of those fundamentals, passing concepts, game situations and more during a formal meeting at the NFL Scouting Combine this week.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • During the game, Kailey sat with their mother, Carol, in the middle of the stands that bisected each student section.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The conservatory opens out to a small woodland — call it Glazer Shire — bisected by a small creek.
    Mark Lamster Architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Fragmentated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentated. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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