fragment
noun
a part broken off or detached.
Example Sentences
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“As listening fragments, depth of fan connection arguably becomes more important to long-term artist careers than mass reach,” said Tatiana Cirisano, VP of music strategy at Midia Research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Hopeful return: Bryce Elder had an arthroscopic procedure to clean up bone fragments in his right knee on Sept. 8.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
TCR-based treatments offer another route because their receptors can identify protein fragments that originate inside tumor cells and are later displayed on the cell surface.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Over the years, I have come to understand that we learn our parents’ histories slowly, often in fragments, and sometimes only in retrospect.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some of the fragments had only a single character.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
