FRAGMENTATING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

fragmentating

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present participle of fragmentate

as in fragmenting

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In it, DeLillo uses the Kennedy assassination to examine how conspiracy theories give shape and sense to an increasingly fragmenting culture.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 26 June 2026
When that foundation is in place, brands can respond market by market without fragmenting the organization or diluting the brand experience.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 25 June 2026

Definition of fragmenting

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While the team had been reveling in its temporary 2-0 lead, the referee team had been dissecting what happened moments before the ball hit the back of the net.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
While many viewers are celebrating this year's biggest achievements on the small screen, others are dissecting the names that were left off the nominations list.

— Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 8 July 2026

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And often, data centers are pulling from municipal water supplies, Anisfeld said.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Haaland’s winning goal came after another bout of yanking and pulling; the striker tried to free himself by slapping the defender’s arm away, eventually just carrying on regardless.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026

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For the quintessential Glacier National Park visit, take the Going-to-the-Sun Road for 50 miles of stunning vistas, bisecting the east and west sides of the park.

— Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
Valley Fair, located on Stevens Creek Boulevard, sits both in San Jose and Santa Clara, with the city border bisecting the property.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025

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Analysts note that Iran doesn’t need a huge inventory of drones and missiles to destabilize the region and keep the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut, cutting off around 20% of the world’s pre-war oil supplies.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Alongside cutting off Russian energy revenues, Ukraine’s drone attacks are designed to try to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the war.

— Sam Meredith,Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Definition of cutting off

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Let’s commit to pausing tearing each other down before ripping up and rewriting our stories and objects.

— Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
Both the military and the general public read it voraciously, desperate to understand the war tearing their young utopia apart.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

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