fragmentating

verb

present participle of fragmentate
as in fragmenting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentating
  1. fragmenting
  2. dissecting
  3. pulling
  4. cleaving
  5. bisecting
  6. bifurcating
  7. cutting off
  8. tearing
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  • After decades of prestige living on the small screen, that is fragmenting under streaming’s shift toward free and ad-supported models, structurally vacating the premium tier.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • For nations, that means charting new routes through a fragmenting global order.
    — Kurt Shillinger, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2026
Definition of fragmenting
Verb
  • Instead of dissecting possible outcomes or making last-minute adjustments, Kerr and co were at the warm-up track.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of dissecting
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  • That said, pulling one off takes a bit more intention than simply slipping it on.
    — Alyssa Rotunno, InStyle, 10 Aug. 2026
  • By pulling the air over its surface, the system prevents airflow separation that normally limits conventional sails.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of pulling
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  • Daemon struggles to his feet, dazed, and begins cleaving his way through the smouldering city.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • By the time Lincoln was elected president in 1860, slavery was already cleaving the country.
    — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of cleaving
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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
Definition of bisecting
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  • At the same time, the enterprise AI market is bifurcating.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Levanon’s reading of the labor data is that the economy is bifurcating in a specific and underreported way.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Definition of bifurcating
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  • With the sole funder of the breakaway circuit cutting off the money spigot, it was speculated that LIV, or at least the current version of it, would cease to exist beyond this year.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Beijing has a history of using economic coercion, like cutting off rare-earth exports or restricting market access, as a tool of foreign policy.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of cutting off
Verb
  • Mariano Rivera was back on the field at the Yankees’ annual Old-Timer’s Day on Saturday after tearing an Achilles tendon playing the outfield at the event last year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Lockett appeared in the first four games of the season for the Knights, registering 13 tackles, including 3 for loss with a sack and two passes defended before tearing a pectoral muscle that prematurely ended his season.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of tearing
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“Fragmentating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentating. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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