fragment
noun
a part broken off or detached.
have fragmented
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present perfectof fragment.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"Is that enough? No.... We have fragmented water governance across the world, fragmented finance and not enough science and data in place," said Ovink, whose country co-hosted the conference.
From Reuters ● Mar. 24, 2023
Large freeways, especially in Southern California, have fragmented puma habitat, trapping populations to their local mountains and restricting gene flow critical to the species’ survival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
"Had they dropped all of them at once, their market will have fragmented - some will have bought the book, some will have watched the series or listened to the podcast," says Mr Coram James.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2023
Some objects of planetary mass have been destroyed, whereas others could have fragmented and then re-formed, perhaps more than once.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
The other three families have fragmented distributions, being spoken by “islands” of people surrounded by a “sea” of speakers of Chinese and other language families.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
