FRAGMENTATED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

fragmentated

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past tense of fragmentate

as in fragmented

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The report also found that communication to fire survivors was fragmented and lacked predictable pathways to reach residents.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
The Mandate Kept Expanding As the media environment fragmented, clients began asking PR to do more than earn coverage.

— Julia Ruttner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of fragmented

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Holmes is no stranger to having her life and her persona as a supposedly brilliant female tech wunderkind dissected by others.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026
Most of that gap came via the right arm of sophomore quarterback Ford Green, who dissected the Chargers, completing 14 of 18 passes for 257 yards and four touchdowns.

— Joel Beers, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of dissected

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Paul responded by pointing out that Matthews’s husband, Jace Terry, still follows her, messing up Matthews’s plan to cut off anyone who still supports her.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Roughly two months after La Strada voiced his concern, his access to the Missouri Centralized Voter Registration System was allegedly cut off.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of cut off

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Was the discursive thread accidental, or emblematic of the two poles the AI industry is now bifurcated between?

— Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
London said the rental market is bifurcated, with older apartment complexes generally fuller than newer ones.

— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026

Definition of bifurcated

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Abu Dhabi’s Etihad is taking the same muscular approach, adding more than 20 aircraft and new routes to Europe, Africa, and China as other long-haul carriers have pulled back.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Later, detectives produced three male DNA profiles from evidence collected at the scene, including some pulled from beer bottles and cigarette butts, but none were ever matched to anyone until recently.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of pulled

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Near the end of the first century AD, in the highlands of northern Spain, the Roman governor, philosopher, and naturalist Pliny the Elder watched as mining cleaved a landscape.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
District 8 was cleaved from parts of Districts 1 and 4 and includes Hunter’s Creek, Lake Nona, Moss Park, Williamsburg and Wyndham Lakes.

— Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of cleaved

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Marrs Barron said there were many heartfelt stories of neighbors helping neighbors and municipalities helping each other when equipment broke down, with others bringing ice and water for workers at the compost sites.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
When speaking with Hough, De Laurentiis broke down in tears talking about why Jade encouraged her to join the show.

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of broke down

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The largest building on campus is 350,000 square feet, the width of one football field and about three fields long, bisected by a single 900-foot hallway.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2026
This free 728-acre park, bisected by the California and Nevada state line, is open to pedestrians year-round and co-managed by the California Tahoe Conservancy and Nevada State Parks.

— Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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