fracturing

present participle of fracture

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fracturing Apart from the group’s buy-in to doing the little things, its commitment to unselfish football keeps one of the most dynamic running games in the country from fracturing. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 But after an initial surge in interest in Turning Point, with new chapters popping up at high schools and colleges across the country, the future of the organization in a fracturing MAGA movement now seems less certain one year later. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 The ice groaned and heaved, fracturing as if the river itself had come back to life. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 That was until Pogačar crashed, fracturing his collarbone and neck, and abandoning on stage eight. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 One armrest broke, and his fist hit jagged plastic, fracturing his left hand. — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2026 Upon his return to the team, Simmons started three games before fracturing his wrist in a game against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026 In fact, researchers found sanctions have at times backfired by fracturing opposition and boosting support for the regime – even among moderate opponents of the government. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026 The players air their grievances, which are essentially a pile of petty conflicts and resentments that, as Alice warned, can be traced back to the team fracturing into cliques. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fracturing
Verb
  • Over the past decade, cyberattacks against the education sector have risen expeditiously, exposing sensitive data, temporarily disrupting school operations and affecting students' learning.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Integration therefore becomes an important part of introducing upgrades without disrupting the wider mission setup.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The group formally processed the vessel’s departure and was trying to avoid violating Panamanian law.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York has been suspended for six regular-season games and fined $500,000 for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, the league announced Friday.
    — Erick Mendoza, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • So joining at all was breaking the rules and keeping a secret.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The punch-worthy parody of Altman’s characterization ramps up once he’s motivated to push back against — or trample over — the safety guardrails that Ilya prizes above all else, but so does the depth of his world-breaking cynicism.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Yet ecology research indicates that fragmenting habitat by breaking it up with roads and development results in panther deaths.
    — Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Even a few lux of light can suppress melatonin, potentially shortening and fragmenting sleep, Wickramasinghe said.
    — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, HEALTH, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Fracturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fracturing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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