fragmentating

present participle of fragmentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentating
Verb
  • Achieving multiplatinum certification in America after selling over 8 million copies and spending seventeen non-consecutive weeks at #1, Synchronicity left Sting with few creative or financial reasons to remain in the fragmenting band.
    Mike Alleyne, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land and altering ancient reindeer migration routes.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Miami Herald spent more than two years dissecting the 2022 boat crash that killed 17-year-old Luciana ‘Lucy’ Fernandez and critically injured Katerina ‘Katy’ Puig.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Mbeumo misplaces a pass as United attack and his family groan before dissecting the move.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Marigold Room, just off the lobby, is an intimate music space and listening room for just 150 guests that’s already pulling national touring acts.
    Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Langham stopped the truck by pulling Hagen’s leg off the gas pedal and pushing the brake pedal with her hand.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Perhaps the most intriguing thing shown here are the tracks bisecting Park Street.
    Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
  • On May 6, the sun began shining on the south side and the rings reappeared, albeit as nothing more than a thin bright line bisecting Saturn's disk.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The lens surface gradually transitions in prescription strength, with no lines bifurcating your vision.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Per the trailer, the duo decide that her hair must go and end up shaving it off — a drastic change that Stone embraced, cutting off her naturally blond locks for the role.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • It was recently revealed that Andrew lied about cutting off his relationship with Epstein.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The hawk was found, unable to fly, on a picnic table at a San Jose park in late July, suffering from an open head wound and tearing and swelling in her right eye — impacting her vision, which is integral to hunting for food, according to a press release from PHS/SPCA.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But one player who could be nearing closer to a return is All-Pro receiver Brandon Aiyuk, who hasn’t played since tearing his ACL and MCL against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 8 of last season.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Fragmentating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentating. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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