as in sliver
a small sharp piece of something (such as glass or pottery)
Watch out for the shards of glass on the floor.
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Recent Examples of shard
The actress said that one night, her daughter, Luca, 28, witnessed her shattering framed photos of herself and Abrams and then using the glass shards to self-harm.
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Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
After sweeping up broken glass, tiny, almost-invisible shards often remain behind.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 11 Apr. 2026
Twenty-thousand-year-old shards of clay pots have been unearthed in China.
—Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
Cristobal’s arc can use a mite more variance overall, but her playing of Margot’s inner-torture from having to live with the literal shards of blood on her neck is effective.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
After sweeping up broken glass, tiny, almost-invisible shards often remain behind.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 11 Apr. 2026
Twenty-thousand-year-old shards of clay pots have been unearthed in China.
—Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
Cristobal’s arc can use a mite more variance overall, but her playing of Margot’s inner-torture from having to live with the literal shards of blood on her neck is effective.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shard
Noun
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That's just a sliver of an industry that counts some 450 watchmakers in Switzerland alone.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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This original nugget is now reduced to a sliver, residing in the Privy Purse Office.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Another passerby suffered a minor injury after being struck with a bullet fragment that struck a wall.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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During past close approaches with the Sun, Phaethon released vast amounts of dust and larger fragments.—
Patrick M. Shober,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This allows the system to trap increasingly smaller particles.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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But some antibiotics may also push bacteria to release tiny particles that can make inflammation worse.—
Panteha Torabian,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Within it, there's not a speck of greenery in sight.—
Julie Bourdin,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Lassere and Ross-Lonergan, along with thousands of others, have devoted their careers to investigating this tiny and almost perfectly inert speck.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Despite the anguish — often told as a punch line — the winner of the competition offered a glimmer of hope to the nearly 90 attendees live-voting throughout the show via an app.—
Brittany Levine Beckman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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But there is a glimmer of hope.—
Jessica Lautz,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Another guy who drew a lot of attention during the season (and throughout his career as a splash player) was Oklahoma edge R Mason Thomas.—
Nick Baumgardner,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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If all goes according to plan, its protective heat shield and a sequence of massive parachutes will ensure that the capsule—and the four astronauts inside—will land with a gentle splash in the Pacific Ocean at a leisurely 17 miles per hour.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Its design, crafted by Russell Sage Studio, is meant to be an on-the-nose reflection of the distillery's famed product, with bronzy walls the color of its single malt, and a ceiling painted to look like barley, reflecting the morning dew with flecks of gold throughout.—
Alessandra Amodio,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
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Berber carpet Berber is a type of loop pile carpet with flecks of color.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Dennard offered a shred of advice.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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Only film-lover Bella retains a shred of optimism into adulthood, having started a new romance with a film usher.—
Charles Lewis III,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Shard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shard. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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