fragmentates

Definition of fragmentatesnext
present tense third-person singular of fragmentate

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Verb
  • Research by one of us finds that strict land-use regulation induces developers to pursue smaller projects and ultimately fragments the building industry.
    Chris Elmendorf, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Technology increasingly fragments our attention into smaller and smaller units, leaving us less anchored in our own lives.
    Arianna Huffington, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Daily Money breaks down complex consumer and financial news.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
  • However, grapefruit might raise these anti-infective drug levels by blocking the CYP3A4 liver protein that breaks down these medications.
    Ross Phan, Verywell Health, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Turning your phone off or using airplane mode cuts off wireless communication while still allowing alarms to work.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The drug cuts off access to vitamin A in the testes by blocking a receptor known as RAR alpha.
    Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Chris McKenna dissects a rollercoaster evening at Turf Moor.
    Chris McKenna, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • And the Roundtable dissects the news that the Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, and pays tribute to the late Rob Reiner.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Rancho Cordova was shaped in part by Folsom Boulevard, which bisects the densest section of the city and served, historically, as a highway stretching northeast from downtown Sacramento, said City Councilmember Linda Budge.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • On August 20, Israel approved the construction of the controversial E1 settlement that effectively bisects the West Bank; Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich explicitly framed the move as a response to calls for Palestinian statehood.
    SHIRA EFRON, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Under her watch, Americans have been murdered in cold blood, DHS has obstructed lawful congressional oversight, dismissed credible reports of abuse, carried out an extreme agenda that tears families apart and destabilizes communities.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Catherine uplifted us in a world that often tears us down.
    Andrew Gelwicks, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Carolyn pulls him in for a kiss.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The backward shift showed less recovery, likely because gravity pulls downward rather than forward, so some effects of spaceflight on brain position may last longer than others.
    Rachael Seidler, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Fragmentates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentates. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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