fragmentated

Definition of fragmentatednext
past tense of fragmentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentated
Verb
  • The vendor chalked this up to Apple controlling the entire update stack, as opposed to Android, where updates are likely fragmented across diverse manufacturers and device types.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Letters are fragmented into the surrounding steps, allowing visitors to interact with the text and engage with the memory of these women in a tactile, participatory way.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Television habits have also changed since viewers once dissected tribal council proceedings at the office the next morning.
    Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Unlike in the Bay Area, where his every struggle and success was dissected by onlookers local and abroad, the stakes are different in Atlanta.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The perch is a little too small for bigger birds like mourning doves, and my voracious flock of starlings is often cut off.
    Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Resistance is likely to be strongest among European governments, still shocked by Beijing’s threats last year to cut off supplies of rare earths — essential for clean tech — and worried about further hollowing out their own green industries.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 31 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
  • The North Huntingdon Township Police Department said the homeowner pulled a gun on the utility worker, who was sent to shut off service, and chased him away from his home on Water Street in Ardara.
    Erika Stanish, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • When Tree City Juice & Smoothie Cafe pulled the plug on its two brick-and-mortar restaurants last year, the closures hit home for Bethany Anderson.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 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
  • Even more impressively, another compound broke down fully at just 30°C, showing the method can work under milder conditions.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026
  • When one chopper broke down, another would be dismantled for parts to fix it.
    Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 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 3 Apr. 2026.

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