fragmentating

present participle of fragmentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentating
Verb
  • For many women, night sweats occur repeatedly for years, fragmenting sleep night after night.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 17 June 2026
  • No-cost services are a great option for people looking to reduce monthly expenses amid an ever-fragmenting streaming market.
    Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Discourse about the film has run the gamut, dissecting everything from its breakout leads to its low-budget ingenuity.
    Olivia Tauber, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
  • The seemingly throwaway reference is actually the result of years spent dissecting Dion's every move with the dedication of a method actor preparing to portray a historical figure.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
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
  • Something like cleaving a payroll system in three has to be done flawlessly, for example, so staff still get paid on time.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 12 June 2026
  • Inequality is cleaving the haves and the have-nots.
    Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 24 May 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
  • 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
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
  • It’s told from the perspective of a man who, ten years after cutting off his parents, reflects on their lives and on his upbringing.
    Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur battered parts of the southeastern United States with drenching rains and strong wind on Thursday, tearing through buildings, flooding homes and launching water rescues along the Gulf Coast.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • When Dick came down there was a sharp pain and a tearing sound at the back of my jacket.
    Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
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“Fragmentating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentating. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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