Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentated
Verb
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Alcohol metabolism coincided with a major global climate disruption that fragmented East African forest ecosystems and left food scarce.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Digital networks and algorithmic curation have fragmented public life into discrete informational universes.—
Klaus Schwab,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Papers had been presented, models dissected, scenarios examined.—
Dan Turello,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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In Mangione, the couple has found a celebrity defendant drawing a particularly personal degree of investment from his fans, with his facial expressions and movements in court dissected for meaning in online communities.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
23 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The easiest way to cut into a pomegranate is to cut off the peel near the blossom end.—
Mary Ann Esposito,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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One congressman suggested that Washington should sooner cut off his own hand than sign a bill that would see his likeness on a coin, a move that would put him in the company of Nero and Caligula.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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Chicago pulled within 21-16 on D'Andre Swift's 5-yard run early in the fourth quarter.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The slightly oversized cut offers comfort for long travel days, while looking pulled-together.—
Gabrielle Porcaro,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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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The Israeli military has now begun its retreat out of Gaza City, and vacated the Netzarim Corridor, which had cleaved Gaza in two, between north and south.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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Within a stone’s throw of national recreation lands, Redding is bisected by the scenic Sacramento River and has a skyline dominated by Mount Shasta.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Dec. 2025
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The city is bordered by Detroit to the south, sits just south of I-696 and is bisected by I-75.—
Brendel Clark,
Freep.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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“Fragmentated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentated. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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