as in pieces
a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete
charred fragments of the exploded rocket were scattered over a huge area of ground
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as in disrupts
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
you can fragment that peanut brittle easily, but how it breaks is basically up to the brittle
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Recent Examples of fragments
News Desk,
Artforum,
22 June 2026
Indeed, Grail medical advisor Hall says the Galleri test is not a diagnostic tool; rather, by identifying the volume and type of DNA fragments and other cancer markers in the blood, the test results offer what are essentially predictions about the source of the cancer.
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Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
22 June 2026
By making the chapters of Weapon X feel like incomplete fragments that are missing bits of information, the story is unsettling.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Tinier fragments — nanoplastics — are 1/70th the diameter of a human hair.
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Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Among the discoveries are bronze statue fragments, signet rings, a necklace with a gold clasp, coins, and hundreds of bone hairpins used in elaborate Roman hairstyles.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
The apartment, though no one’s idea of a fun house, is bedecked with mirrors, and, early on, the cinematographer Adam Newport-Berra uses them to splinter the couple’s every argument into fragments.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
Among the finds are a 4th-century coin bearing the face of Emperor Constantine, as well as medieval pottery fragments bearing markings archaeologists have not yet deciphered.
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Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Its loose, time-skipping narrative assembles fragments of memory across different eras.
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Marcus Lim,
Variety,
18 June 2026
Peter Su,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
Technology fragments children’s attention spans.
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Kira Willey,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
The current geopolitical map fragments the Inuit nation across artificial colonial borders.
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Barry Scott Zellen,
Hartford Courant,
12 June 2026
There’s no actual metal on Pareidolia, just fragments that Muir has excavated from metal’s marginalia and spun into what resembles a kaleidoscope filled with black beads.
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Brad Sanders,
Pitchfork,
8 June 2026
Each event drops oxygen levels and fragments sleep, leaving people exhausted, foggy and at higher long-term risk for cardiovascular disease.
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Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
18 May 2026
Democrats, meanwhile, contend the map deliberately fragments minority communities — particularly in regions like Tampa Bay and South Florida — in ways that advantage Republicans.
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Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Some fragments feature drawings or geometric designs rather than text.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
Zillow has argued that the approach fragments listing information and reduces transparency for buyers.
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Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
The sixth block in the Parthenon’s tympanum—or recessed space—was restored by combining a pair of archaic fragments with new pieces of marble, while the seventh block has been completed using only fresh marble.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
22 June 2026
Indeed, Grail medical advisor Hall says the Galleri test is not a diagnostic tool; rather, by identifying the volume and type of DNA fragments and other cancer markers in the blood, the test results offer what are essentially predictions about the source of the cancer.
—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
22 June 2026
By making the chapters of Weapon X feel like incomplete fragments that are missing bits of information, the story is unsettling.
—
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Tinier fragments — nanoplastics — are 1/70th the diameter of a human hair.
—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Among the discoveries are bronze statue fragments, signet rings, a necklace with a gold clasp, coins, and hundreds of bone hairpins used in elaborate Roman hairstyles.
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
The apartment, though no one’s idea of a fun house, is bedecked with mirrors, and, early on, the cinematographer Adam Newport-Berra uses them to splinter the couple’s every argument into fragments.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
Among the finds are a 4th-century coin bearing the face of Emperor Constantine, as well as medieval pottery fragments bearing markings archaeologists have not yet deciphered.
—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Its loose, time-skipping narrative assembles fragments of memory across different eras.
—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
18 June 2026
Verb
Rather than allowing operators to build national scale—which might create cost advantages that stabilize competition—regulation fragments the market into local fiefdoms where economies of scale are extraordinarily difficult to capture.
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Peter Su,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
Technology fragments children’s attention spans.
—
Kira Willey,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
The current geopolitical map fragments the Inuit nation across artificial colonial borders.
—
Barry Scott Zellen,
Hartford Courant,
12 June 2026
There’s no actual metal on Pareidolia, just fragments that Muir has excavated from metal’s marginalia and spun into what resembles a kaleidoscope filled with black beads.
—
Brad Sanders,
Pitchfork,
8 June 2026
Each event drops oxygen levels and fragments sleep, leaving people exhausted, foggy and at higher long-term risk for cardiovascular disease.
—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
18 May 2026
Democrats, meanwhile, contend the map deliberately fragments minority communities — particularly in regions like Tampa Bay and South Florida — in ways that advantage Republicans.
—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Some fragments feature drawings or geometric designs rather than text.
—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
Zillow has argued that the approach fragments listing information and reduces transparency for buyers.
—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragments
Noun
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Made of quality vegan leather, the brand’s pieces feature expensive-looking designs at surprisingly affordable prices.
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Weekend hangs require pieces that are comfy and easy to pop on—and that’s where an airy eyelet top and loose jeans come in.
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Each surgery disrupts blood supply to the skin and lays down a new layer of scar tissue, meaning the risks compound with every procedure.
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Xenotransplantation disrupts this trajectory.
Noun
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Add shortening and continue cutting in until flour is pale yellow and resembles coarse cornmeal with butter bits no larger than small peas.
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The Spanish architect Marina Otero Verzier highlights efforts to preserve the entire island nation of Tuvalu as a series of digital bits.
Verb
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Over one tense weekend, old patterns and buried wounds surface in front of in-laws and guests, until the celebration fractures into a collision.
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And Mary’s electric, palpably physical pursuit of justice becomes even more crucial in the final act, after a grotesque display of performative mockery toward Māori culture fractures the last remnants of civility present amid one of Cole’s lavish-yet-repulsive gatherings.
Noun
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The vacuum lowers the boiling point of heavier fractions so they can be separated out easily.
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For every irrational number α, there are infinitely many fractions p⁄q.
Verb
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All hell breaks loose at the table and, not so coincidentally, everyone looks to Porsha to diffuse things.
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So when a host gift shows up that breaks the chain of wine bottles, people take notice.
Noun
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Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible.
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There’s passable yet indistinguishable music in this exact style dropping every day, but the difference with Chicago’s Fatso is that his lyrics feel like scraps of conversations that communicate his hurt without leaning on platitudes.
Verb
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The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.
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Even those who can afford to stay suffer losses in home equity and lifestyle as the community around them disintegrates or disappears.
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“Fragments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragments. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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