fragmentating

present participle of fragmentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentating
Verb
  • The bullet struck Howard in the face and lodged behind his eye, fragmenting upon impact.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
  • If experimental and vanguard poetry is set on fragmenting the lyric I, verse plays and poet’s theater redistribute it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Brittany Piper, a 36-year-old Somatic Experiencing® practitioner and author of Body-First Healing, has sparked widespread discussion online with her viral video dissecting why our lives today seem to be overwhelming the human nervous system.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • Throughout the week, attendees can enjoy educational programs, workshops dissecting Gullah Geechee culture, art exhibits and other performances.
    Martie Bowser, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • There’s a lot of repairing and resolution that needs to happen in this final episode, but luckily things start strong with Liz and Jo-Ellen pulling each other aside to talk things through on the beach.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 June 2026
  • But Hong Kong has a way of pulling people back.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • Inequality is cleaving the haves and the have-nots.
    Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
  • Interstate 25 is a natural cultural and economic divider, so if cleaving off parts of Northern Colorado is necessary, there is your dividing line.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • According to the Wall Street Journal, the export control directive that led to Anthropic cutting off access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 was triggered in part by cybersecurity research from Amazon and conversations between CEO Andy Jassy and the White House.
    Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 13 June 2026
  • Steiger's presentation also highlighted how the district has taken measures to reduce spending, like cutting off purchasing cards and decreasing non-school spending.
    Austin Horn June 11, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • That would be an enormous lift to Green Bay’s offense, as Kraft was having an All-Pro level season in 2025 before tearing his ACL.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Lee, who relieved fans by hitting his old high notes on night one, sounded even stronger on night two, gleefully tearing into the most challenging corners of their catalog.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • But the company touts itself as a more sophisticated method than merely detecting if a work is present in training data, rather breaking down on a more granular level how the works are being used.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
  • Following years of Xbox breaking down platform barriers for its games with competitors PlayStation and Nintendo under longtime chief Phil Spencer, the move was a radical change by new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 June 2026
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“Fragmentating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentating. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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