fragmentates

present tense third-person singular of fragmentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentates
Verb
  • Rather than allowing operators to build national scale—which might create cost advantages that stabilize competition—regulation fragments the market into local fiefdoms where economies of scale are extraordinarily difficult to capture.
    Peter Su, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Technology fragments children’s attention spans.
    Kira Willey, CNBC, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • The Daily Money breaks down complex consumer and financial news.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • Below, Akinnuoye-Agbaje breaks down the climactic episode, explaining why Alamo decides to let Rue kill herself and why Bishop betrays him.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Waymo cuts off firetruck with sirens, lights running In a video posted on TikTok on June 18, a Waymo vehicle turned into a lane in Atlanta's entertainment district where a firetruck was driving the wrong direction.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • But a wartime spike in energy prices has pushed rate cuts off the table for now.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
  • For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos.
    San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021
Verb
  • In the dark comedy Maddie’s Secret, Early dissects the odd eroticism of online food content.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026
  • The three-part docuseries, directed by Nick Green and told by key players inside the courtroom, dissects the trial of Michael Jackson and his complex legacy.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • The dog is ahead and has stopped by the tree that bisects the diagonal; the girl with the bright red coat who seems to be paused behind him.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • The supracoracoid fenestra is a large hole that nearly bisects the shoulder bone.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • While the director tears his hair out, the producers see the footage and sign the Minions on the spot, but their fame is short-lived with the arrival of the talkies.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 June 2026
  • Peppler tears big chunks of it off and passes it around for everyone to try, before illustrating the culinary importance of a good pissaladière.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Sandoval seemingly tries to wrestle the phone from her before her father tries to intervene and pulls Sandoval off of her.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Anthropic did not build Claude Tag as a standalone destination that pulls work out of a company's existing tools.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
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“Fragmentates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentates. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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