fragmentized

past tense of fragmentize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentized
Verb
  • For example, when a credit card is fragmented into particles some 10 microns in diameter, there is a more than 200-fold increase in its surface area, says Wei Min, a chemist at Columbia University and one of the senior authors of the study.
    — Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Without senior-level ownership, AI initiatives risk becoming fragmented, under-supervised or misaligned with broader business priorities.
    — Jennifer C. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The impasse dates back to summer 2023, when the City Council bifurcated the new collective bargaining agreement with the FOP.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The screen is sometimes bifurcated between Carter’s livestream, which itself gets clogged with fan comments and emojis, and people watching it in Japan.
    — William Earl, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Sierra ultimately decided to cut off Machado’s shirt and bra with a pair of scissors and had sex with Machado’s body.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Some reporters in the press box in Atlanta noted seeing Daniels having his jersey cut off by medical staff.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The building’s three lower floors, including a ground-floor shop, caved in before dawn in the district of Maltepe, on the Asian side of Istanbul, a city that is bisected by the Bosporus Strait.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • That has severely disrupted daily life in Ukraine’s largest city, which, like much of the country, is bisected by the broad Dnipro River.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After Jones shined during his first start, the Gators’ quarterback decision will be scrutinized and dissected, fueling two weeks of endless conjecture leading up to the Georgia game.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
  • There is something fitting about seeing Deakins, whose work is so often studied and dissected by others, sitting among the audience, still looking and listening.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Near the end of the first century AD, in the highlands of northern Spain, the Roman governor, philosopher, and naturalist Pliny the Elder watched as mining cleaved a landscape.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
  • District 8 was cleaved from parts of Districts 1 and 4 and includes Hunter’s Creek, Lake Nona, Moss Park, Williamsburg and Wyndham Lakes.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Households are paying more for everything from groceries to health care to rent and mortgages.
    — Steven John, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Skip the cardboard… Really just trust me on this one and rent reusable bins from a moving company with good reviews.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Unlike Bedard’s other two injuries (fractured jaw in 2024 and a right shoulder injury last year), the Hawks could at least prepare to be without their current captain.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • With attentions fractured in modern life, Gibney hopes there is some benefit in synthesizing information into a narrative.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
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“Fragmentized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentized. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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