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as in sliver
a small flat piece separated from a whole
wood chips were spread over the ground between the plants
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as in money
chips plural
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
was in the chips after hitting it big in the lottery
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Recent Examples of chip
Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Years later, Big Ben would find a home in Elizabeth with a larger, 5,000 square-foot space that hosted countless Major League Soccer fans who gathered to watch games and munch on the restaurant’s famous fish and chips.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
This season, just like last, injuries have begun to chip away at the Lions’ depth and potential.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Chinese manufacturing and tech capabilities now appear to be in the spotlight as Korean semiconductor giant Samsung announced plans to buy and deploy a cluster of 50,000 Nvidia GPUs to improve its chip manufacturing for mobile devices and robots.
—Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Years later, Big Ben would find a home in Elizabeth with a larger, 5,000 square-foot space that hosted countless Major League Soccer fans who gathered to watch games and munch on the restaurant’s famous fish and chips.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
This will chip away at Beijing’s advantage.
—Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
This season, just like last, injuries have begun to chip away at the Lions’ depth and potential.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chip
Noun
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Really, this is only a sliver of a joke.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 Nov. 2025
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About 1 foot from the shoot tip, make a 1 to 2 inch incision along the stem and through a bud to create a wedge; prop the wedge open with a sliver of wood such as a toothpick.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The extreme survival competition is returning to its Monday 8 PM slot, serving as a launch pad for Memory of a Killer.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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The city received more than 150 applications for just a dozen slots.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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With Alonso on the market, the Red Sox could be more eager to add a power-hitting first baseman than to re-sign Bregman for more money.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Dozens of legislators, senators and construction companies have been accused of receiving kickbacks with money that was supposed to go toward establishing thousands of flood control projects.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Remove top and slice into pieces for dipping; set aside.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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The pizza features new deli-style pepperoni, a three-cheese blend, and signature Italian seasoning, sliced into eight extra-extra-large pieces and delivered in the restaurant's largest box yet.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Doctors were reportedly unable to remove some of the bullet fragments from his face, and a bone near his eye was also broken.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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People from the Kansas City area who boarded the ship are highlighted on posters hanging on the walls next to artifacts like fragments of a first-class curtain, a door handle and a White Star Line envelope.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Why not try one of our new favorite styling hacks by wearing a pair of tall boots with culottes to play off the cropped hemline?—
Shelby Ying Hyde,
Glamour,
11 Nov. 2025
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New research from Anthropic, Oxford, and Stanford suggests that AI models with advanced reasoning capabilities, including OpenAI’s GPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok, may be more susceptible to hacks than previously thought.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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If your flight is canceled or significantly delayed due to the cuts, you’re legally entitled to a cash refund, not just some future credit.—
The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Portugal-Japan collaboration from Moon Road Media & Films received a cash prize of $30,000 from the two sponsors of the award — TCCF organizer Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and France’s Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC).—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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To speed up the decomposition process in the compost pile, chop the plants into small pieces and tear apart the soil mass.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
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As for Quavo himself, the Atlanta rapper recently chopped it up with Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young for Billboard and The Player Tribune’s first episode of their Switching Stages video series.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chip. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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