as in to fragment
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Digital networks and algorithmic curation have fragmented public life into discrete informational universes.—
Klaus Schwab, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
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This combination of surging quantity and personas that are nearly indistinguishable from real humans creates serious challenges for detecting deepfakes, especially in a media environment where people’s attention is fragmented and content moves faster than it can be verified.—
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After it was collected, it was then segmented by state and city, and an index was created to rank the most and least Christmassy states and cities in America.—
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The work is segmented, each employee tasked with one of 180 watchmaking crafts.—
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Use baby Yukon gold potatoes and quarter them.—
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The plant’s parentage is ‘Fourth of July’ x ‘Angel Face.’ ‘Fashion Forward,’ hybridized by Christian Bédard and introduced by Weeks Roses, has cuppy, quartered, old-fashioned and very double medium pink and white bicolor blooms.—
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The easiest way to cut into a pomegranate is to cut off the peel near the blossom end.—
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One congressman suggested that Washington should sooner cut off his own hand than sign a bill that would see his likeness on a coin, a move that would put him in the company of Nero and Caligula.—
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No longer are films in languages other than English partitioned from consideration in other categories, save for a few outliers.—
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In 1947: The United Nations adopted a plan to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states.—
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There are potential safety issues surrounding those old fire trucks after two of them broke down this week, as both were not being able to dispense water on the same fire in Roseland.—
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The Wildcats, who trailed by six with 38 seconds to play in the half, went to the break down only 33-32.—
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
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Bruce Bennett / Getty Images TORONTO — Anthony Stolarz pulled Dennis Hildeby in close as the 6-foot-7 Swede was putting the finishing touches on his goalie gear.—
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In an era where photos can circulate in seconds, public-facing figures face the pressure of the internet's desire to dissect their every move — including their appearance.—
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The other two instruments are really cool as well; they can both be used to dissect secrets of the cosmos, like the mystery of the universe's expansion rate (popularly called the Hubble Tension) and help with supernova modeling.—
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“Fragmentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentate. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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