Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentated
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The growth is fueled by travelers who are seeking cultural immersion, wellness, and genuine human connection in a world that feels increasingly fragmented.—
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026 -
Mobile chips struggled under sustained workloads, display standards were fragmented, and running desktop-grade software on a phone felt more like a workaround than an organic solution.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Jan. 2026
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They were shared again and again, dissected and debated by journalists, politicians, lawyers, activists and millions of people.—
Maggie Vespa,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
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Support and apprehension from lobbyists, lawmakers Almost every lawmaker and lobbyist who testified for or against the bill as it was dissected for hours across three committee hearings supported the bill's intention.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cumming said the city's information technology department also abruptly cut off part of her office administrator's access, including the ability to see who else in city government may be looking at whistleblower complaints and documents related to ethics investigations.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The drug cuts off access to vitamin A in the testes by blocking a receptor known as RAR alpha.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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America’s economy has been increasingly bifurcated for quite some time – with the exception of a few years following the pandemic.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Looking ahead, Rees said the North American consumer is bifurcated, with highly affluent shoppers in great financial shape and a large portion of customers at the lower end who are super cautious about their spending and buying closer to need.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
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The city has now pulled its offer to purchase the new facility and has no plans to pursue any other properties for such purposes.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Another child, a toddler, died at a Virginia hospital after being pulled from a frigid pond Monday, according to local police.—
Russ Bynum,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Because of Proposition 50, the current, deep-red district will be cleaved into three pieces.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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The job cuts have been anticipated for weeks, particularly because NBC News Group, an umbrella division that encompassed both the aforementioned cable networks as well as businesses associated with NBC News, is being cleaved in two, and revenue from cable will now go to feed operations at Versant.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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Then applicants came swarming in before catalogs were ready, and adding to the mid-summer madness, Mid-Florida Tech’s presses broke down, delaying catalog printing another week.—
Roger Simmons,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2026
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Several broke down in tears as hours passed with no news from prison authorities, who activists say refuse to confirm even whether specific detainees are being held inside.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2026
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In fact, the trend in recent times has been to rejoin urban neighborhoods that were bisected by interstate highway construction in the 1960s.—
Ian Savage,
The Conversation,
14 Jan. 2026
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That depth matters in a season bisected by the FIFA World Cup, which runs June 11-July 19 and forces MLS into a seven-week hiatus.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Fragmentated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentated. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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