Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentating
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Called the Crack Indication Tool, or CIT, it was meant to model how and when the Avcoat material might begin fragmenting in various conditions.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026 -
States that are already watering down or even eliminating vaccine requirements may align with the administration’s decision to neglect and hide the data, contributing to a growing gap between states on vaccine policy, further fragmenting and politicizing decisions that should be based on science.—
Jill Rosenthal,
STAT,
14 Jan. 2026
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Casadevall and his colleague Ferric Fang published a paper dissecting the hypercompetitive chase for research funding.—
Rachel Barr,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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Texas guard Jordan Pope has found his outside touch with a pair of 3-pointers in the second half, but the Aggies are dissecting the Texas defense.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Jan. 2026
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At a union hall in San Diego last November, Gavin Newsom—the tall, coiffed governor of California, and, since last year, one of the Democrats’ best hopes for pulling together a shattered country—stood to one side in white shirtsleeves and waited for his turn to address the crowd.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Wagner wasn’t as fortunate with his 7-iron shot, pulling it left into the rough (and scuffing the bottom of his club).—
Jay Posner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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And of course, from a more skeptical perspective, the whole project could be described as cleaving close to the wisdom of the strippers in Gypsy.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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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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The waterway bisecting the city was converted to a giant storm drain nearly a century ago to contain flood waters.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
17 Nov. 2025
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This also happens at a moment where the venture capital goalposts are moving—the industry is bifurcating into asset managers and smaller shops, while politics is becoming an increasingly complicated flashpoint.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The lens surface gradually transitions in prescription strength, with no lines bifurcating your vision.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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In 2024, King Charles took his efforts one step further by cutting off Andrew's private security and allowance.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
30 Jan. 2026
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Instead, prune these shrubs after the flowers have begun to fall off in late spring to avoid cutting off the buds that will be next year’s blooms.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Jan. 2026
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Star guard Kyrie Irving hasn't played all season after tearing an ACL last March.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Star guard Kyrie Irving hasn’t played all season after tearing an ACL last March.—
Schuyler Dixon,
Twin Cities,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Fragmentating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentating. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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