scattered fragments

collocation in English

meaningsofscatteredandfragment

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scattered
adjective
uk
/ˈskæt.əd/us
/ˈskæt̬.ɚd/
covering a ...
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fragment
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfræɡ.mənt/us
/ˈfræɡ.mənt/
a small piece or a part, especially when broken from ...
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(Definition ofscatteredandfragmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Tanner has doggedly pieced together a complicated and grim story from the scattered fragments.
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Federation hitherto has always been the expedient by which disparate and scattered fragments are brought together in legislative union.
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Scattered fragments of a wall and a bath house have been discovered.
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Only scattered fragments and translations of the originals remain.
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This was likely one of the reasons why practically no works of his have survived and only scattered fragments have been preserved.
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For the most part, the terracotta is preserved in the form of scattered fragments.
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Once it was recognised that these scattered fragments came from the same source it was possible to piece them together, though much remained missing.
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His work is presented under the form of scattered fragments.
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It holds scattered fragments of limestone, and is itself the result of limestone degeneration.
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Chalk heath tends to occur as narrow strips and scattered fragments, being limited to places where the conditions are exactly right for its development and survival.
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