fragmentating

Definition of fragmentatingnext
present participle of fragmentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentating
Verb
  • Research indicates that districts with three to eight members are ideal to provide more accurate representation without overly fragmenting the party system.
    Jennifer Lynn McCoy, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Alliances feel shakier, trade is fragmenting, and great powers are jostling more openly.
    Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin isn’t budging on his decision to keep the party’s internal report dissecting 2024 election losses under wraps — despite previously committing to releasing it.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Commenting, forwarding, debating, dissecting.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • After that setback, the Seahawks lost their edge to stay ahead of a league designed to keep pulling teams toward the middle.
    Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Yet the final also required Vonn to push her knee further than in either of her two training runs, when she could be seen pulling back around some turns so as not to exert too much strain before the main event.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • And of course, from a more skeptical perspective, the whole project could be described as cleaving close to the wisdom of the strippers in Gypsy.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
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
  • This also happens at a moment where the venture capital goalposts are moving—the industry is bifurcating into asset managers and smaller shops, while politics is becoming an increasingly complicated flashpoint.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The lens surface gradually transitions in prescription strength, with no lines bifurcating your vision.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Advocates warn that cutting off the child care subsidies could have deep impacts.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • That includes promoting financial education, encouraging competition among lenders, and supporting policies that increase transparency without cutting off opportunity.
    Julio Fuentes, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Three weeks after tearing her ACL, Italian downhiller Sofia Goggia won a World Cup race in 2022.
    Outside, Outside, 4 Feb. 2026
  • What if the Celtics won a ring without Jayson Tatum, who could still come back this season after tearing his Achilles tendon in last year’s playoffs?
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Fragmentating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentating. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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