fragmentated

past tense of fragmentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentated
Verb
  • Consumers are spending more time with media than ever before—13 hours per day, according to McKinsey—yet attention is increasingly fragmented across platforms, creators and even multiple screens.
    Alison Bringé, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The British electorate has fragmented.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • Streaming numbers are in their relative infancy and TV ratings are now dissected with multiplatform caveats.
    Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • He was dissected in various media reports.
    Chet Flippo, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Mysterio tripped Page onto the second rope, but Page cut off Rey Mysterio with a big boot as Rey attempted a 619.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Soon after then-President Nicolás Maduro was captured by the US in January, Venezuela ended Cuba’s long-standing medical mission in the country, cutting off a key resource in underserved communities.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • However, the longer-term consequences could be more profound and bifurcated, a Reuters columnist argued, with governments increasing their support for electrification and renewables, as well as ramping up purchases of coal to reduce reliance on Middle East transit routes.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 17 June 2026
  • In this scenario, a member's economic interest and other interests (voting rights and the like) would be carefully bifurcated, with the economic interest being transferrable and the other interests being non-transferrable.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • After the network successfully pulled together a motley crew of Real Housewives offspring and their Manhattan socialite friends last year, the gang is back for a second season in the city.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 25 June 2026
  • Arraez pulled a 1-1 curveball from the Athletics’ Aaron Civale off the top of his right foot and collapsed to the ground in pain.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • In 1865, more than eight decades after Elizabeth Freeman defeated slavery in Massachusetts, the practice was finally abolished throughout the United States, though only after a civil war that cleaved the young nation and cost more than 600,000 lives.
    New York Times, New York Times, 22 June 2026
  • For years, Seattle’s waterfront was isolated and written off as a tourist trap thanks to a double-decker highway that cleaved it from the rest of the city.
    Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • After the final whistle, Vozinha broke down in tears on the pitch.
    Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Machado laid off a slider that broke down and out of the zone to get to 2-0 against right-hander Joe Ross and then hit a sinker in the heart of the zone on a line at 108 mph to left-center field, where it was caught by a man in a Padres jersey some 408 feet from home plate.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • The car had to be redesigned to accommodate the new structure, which is dominated by large glass panels and bisected by a central strip that runs from the windshield to the rear of the car.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
  • Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino, Hotel and Spa is located adjacent to the mammoth Thornton Quarry, a south suburban landmark bisected by Interstate 294.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
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“Fragmentated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentated. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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