fragmentate

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Verb
  • Traditional car rental businesses focused mostly on economy transportation, while luxury services were fragmented and difficult to access.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • DesignSpec’s integration with tools like Revit also reflects a broader push toward interoperability between designers and architects, an area that has historically been fragmented.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • In a pop culture world that’s increasingly segmented, here was a melting pot of musical fandoms.
    Brendan Hay, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2026
  • If a judge overturned Tuesday’s court ruling to extend polling place times, the provisional ballots would help election officials segment out votes cast after polls were originally scheduled to close.
    Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This side of deeply roasted, tender sweet potatoes comes quartered and seasoned with GK’s take on togarashi.
    Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Finally, he was drawn and quartered, his remains displayed in the public square.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Change the menu—cut off their food sources.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
  • Iran's near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz has thrown global oil trade into disarray, cutting off importers from around one-fifth of the global oil supply that traversed the waterway before the war.
    USA Today, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • It’s partitioned by a long, tiled bar along the left wall, situated behind the hearth and its surrounding oval counter and framed, aesthetically, by double Moroccan doors painted in hypnotic geometries.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In the same way characters come and go, bulletins from the outside world pop up as backdrop, with references to The Balfour Declaration and, more pertinently, the upcoming Peel Commission, which, published the following year, would open the gates to partition.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This year, that roster broke down in a four-game sweep at the hands of the New York Knicks.
    Tony Jones, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • The Daily Money breaks down complex consumer and financial news.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • When Evans scored a short-handed goal off the rush, Ruff pulled Lyon for Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • Junior Aimee Colson led the Raiders in sacksand total flag pulls this season while senior RonNeisha Thomas led in interceptions.
    Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • On her debut album, the New York singer-songwriter combines bedroom-pop vulnerability and electronic flourishes to dissect the end of a decade-long relationship.
    Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
  • Feminist Substackers gleefully dissect tradwife pregnancy announcements and raw-milk misadventures.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
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“Fragmentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentate. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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