as in fractured
forcibly separated into many pieces
restoring the fragmented Roman sculpture was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle
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as in disrupted
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 fragmented
Andy Springer,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Midea Group reportedly said orders for its PortaSplit unit — a portable split system engineered for Western Europe’s fragmented building rules — have topped 200,000 this year as of Monday, double 2025′s pace.
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Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Greg Pavlik,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
The British electorate has fragmented.
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Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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Adjective
This can create a fragmented view of how sellers actually perform and coaching becomes reactive and inconsistent because it is based on incomplete information.
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Andy Springer,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Midea Group reportedly said orders for its PortaSplit unit — a portable split system engineered for Western Europe’s fragmented building rules — have topped 200,000 this year as of Monday, double 2025′s pace.
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Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Verb
But it's fragmented across local processes instead of providing an overarching control layer.
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Greg Pavlik,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
The British electorate has fragmented.
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Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmented
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Wolfe was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center with a fractured leg and head injuries.
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Since then, Rodríguez has governed as acting president while attempting to stabilize a deeply fractured country grappling with economic collapse, weakened institutions and persistent security threats.
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The dangerous temperatures have already disrupted several events scheduled for Friday.
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The overlap of two warming patterns — one regional and one climate-scale — could compound stress on marine food webs that have already been repeatedly disrupted over the past decade.
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Bowser, who declined to be interviewed for this article, urged the administration to clean up federal parks and fix broken fountains, while pushing back on measures like having police ask for people’s immigration status.
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Stopped wearing your favorite pumps because of a broken heel?
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Their character's absence was alluded to in Fuller House's first episode, when the characters broke the fourth wall by knowingly looking in to the camera.
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Four years ago, Morocco broke the continental ceiling by reaching the semifinals of the Qatar World Cup, the first African nation to get that far.
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At some parties during the American Revolution, hosts suffered shattered glasses, servingware and even furniture.
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The ex-president saw shattered tiles in the roadway and homeless people sleeping on street corners in a city whose police department had recommended drivers stay in the middle lane to avoid carjackers.
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In a little cove below the falls, five feet of smashed canvas and wood testified to the fate of the canoe that had dumped.
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Detectives also found Murphy’s phone with a smashed screen.
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“Fragmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmented. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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