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
Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Totality The lunar disk could be seen to adopt a reddish hue as the final sliver of its surface fell within Earth's shadow.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 8 July 2025
Made with two beef patties, a slice of American cheese, shredded lettuce, slivered onions, mayo and two tomato slices, the burger will be available nationally through 2025, McDonald's said.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 8 July 2025
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Noun
But dirt, lint, or weather damage often keeps the flap stuck open just a sliver.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Totality The lunar disk could be seen to adopt a reddish hue as the final sliver of its surface fell within Earth's shadow.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
McDonald's to add Daily Double burger to menu The Daily Double, available now nationwide, is made with two beef patties, a slice of American cheese, shredded lettuce, slivered onions, mayo and two tomato slices.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 8 July 2025
Made with two beef patties, a slice of American cheese, shredded lettuce, slivered onions, mayo and two tomato slices, the burger will be available nationally through 2025, McDonald's said.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sliver
Noun
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In August, the president announced a deal between the federal government and Nvidia, allowing the American chip producer to sell advanced semiconductors to Chinese buyers in exchange for a 15% cut of the profits.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Cadence has expanded this technology beyond chip design towards creating digital twins of data centers including all the functional components.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The frigid air sliced through the open windows, bit the tips of my ears and my runny nose.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Under Glasner, Palace have built attacks quickly to slice through the opponents, with Mateta either linking the moves or dashing forward to be in a goalscoring position.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What lingers are the fragments that weren’t rehearsed, a voice breaking, a note pulled from the back of a notebook, a chant that filled the room, a line spoken more to a spouse than to the cameras.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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One of these middens spanned an area the size of five football pitches and was packed with the remains of the feast—up to 15 million bone fragments.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nothing about Francis Lawrence’s take-no-prisoners adaptation of Richard Bachman’s (aka Stephen King) staggering novel offers one shard of hope for any of us to wrap our bloodied fingers around.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kafka’s life and work are fragmented, so the film had to be fragmented too—piecing together shards of his fiction, his letters, and his lived experience.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The brittle, eco-friendly bamboo straw is another concession to the community, as are the splinters.—
Joe Joyce,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The syntax of reason splinters by the hour.—
Alaa Alqaisi
August 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sliver. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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