as in chip
a small flat piece separated from a whole
I got a sliver of wood stuck in my finger
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Recent Examples of sliver
ABC News,
28 June 2026
One of the candidates vying to replace Webster, former Lake County Property Appraiser Carey Baker lives in a sliver of northern Lake that is in Fine’s district.
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Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2026
The new ones were made of brass, as sliding down a wooden one meant a fireman sometimes took a sliver with him.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Baumann and Truax eventually did just that with a sliver of their water rights.
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
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Noun
Even as the likelihood of finding people alive diminished with each passing hour, rescuers continued to free some survivors from mountains of debris, offering anguished families a sliver of hope.
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ABC News,
28 June 2026
One of the candidates vying to replace Webster, former Lake County Property Appraiser Carey Baker lives in a sliver of northern Lake that is in Fine’s district.
—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2026
The new ones were made of brass, as sliding down a wooden one meant a fireman sometimes took a sliver with him.
—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Baumann and Truax eventually did just that with a sliver of their water rights.
—
Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for sliver
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sliver
Noun
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The parents of a 7-year-old Michigan boy whose weight ballooned to 255 pounds due to a steady diet of chips, French fries and apple juice are accused of killing their son.
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Without a doubt, with rising memory and chip prices, healthcare organizations that are increasingly leveraging the best of AI applications will face significant cost and infrastructure decisions.
Verb
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Thinly slice the tomatoes themselves for the red addition to the salad, and use the oil for the salad dressing — no need to pull out a bottle of olive oil.
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Warm scacciata, a traditional Sicilian bread, is presented whole and sliced warm to order.
Noun
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Seventy of the dogs were X-rayed on site, and many showed evidence of bullet fragments.
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Multiple fractures with missing fragments, fetlock open and disarticulated, severe soft-tissue damage.
Noun
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Hall had shards of glass in his chest when he was found, per Utilma Hora.
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In 2020, Ross became mostly blind in one eye after repeatedly getting metal shards in it and developing an infection in his cornea.
Noun
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On director Rupert Wyatt’s Desert Warrior (2025), Mettler was the lead film editor, splinter unit director and associate producer.
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But as the season neared the winter transfer window, the expectation was for Mainoo to leave on loan rather than continue to pick up splinters on the bench.
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sliver. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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