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

"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

Ratings for the broadcast have been in decline since 2013, as TV audiences have fragmented and Emmy voters have embraced niche shows on cable and streaming networks over mainstream hits.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2018

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