as in shards
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 slivers
Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
How much America’s Culinary Cup relies on head-to-head cook-offs to send people home gives all those slivers of information a little more urgency, though.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
On the tea-time menu that Wednesday is Vazhakkai Bajji, green plantain slivers folded into spicy chickpea batter, deep-fried a crisp orange-brown and presented on a banana leaf with a coconut dipping chutney on the side.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Perfect serving size, too, where they are gobbled down before morphing back into plain, lukewarm potato slivers.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
Breezy breakfasts begin with visits to the buffet selection indoors, where plates are adorned with slivers of cold meats, cheeses, and sweet pastries.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
Nobody of his generation is more crafty in manipulating the tiniest slivers of space.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
To hunt for these slivers of a second, the United States Olympic speedskating team has put traditional analytics on ice and turned to a new tool powered by artificial intelligence to simulate skaters’ complex aerodynamics.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
So when scientists discovered slivers of much older continental crust surrounded by younger oceanic material, something didn’t add up.
—Evan Howell, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
Strong storms are also possible in northern Oklahoma, central Kansas and slivers of Arkansas and Missouri.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
How much America’s Culinary Cup relies on head-to-head cook-offs to send people home gives all those slivers of information a little more urgency, though.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
On the tea-time menu that Wednesday is Vazhakkai Bajji, green plantain slivers folded into spicy chickpea batter, deep-fried a crisp orange-brown and presented on a banana leaf with a coconut dipping chutney on the side.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Perfect serving size, too, where they are gobbled down before morphing back into plain, lukewarm potato slivers.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
Breezy breakfasts begin with visits to the buffet selection indoors, where plates are adorned with slivers of cold meats, cheeses, and sweet pastries.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
Nobody of his generation is more crafty in manipulating the tiniest slivers of space.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
To hunt for these slivers of a second, the United States Olympic speedskating team has put traditional analytics on ice and turned to a new tool powered by artificial intelligence to simulate skaters’ complex aerodynamics.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
So when scientists discovered slivers of much older continental crust surrounded by younger oceanic material, something didn’t add up.
—Evan Howell, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slivers
Noun
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The plainclothes detectives, who were wearing NYPD vests, then dragged Brown on the floor, over shards of broken glass, to the front of the store, ordering him to stop resisting.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Expect plenty of flying shards and other obstacles to make the free-for-all more frenetic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The map slices through Kansas City, splitting the city’s voters across three Republican-leaning districts.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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Toast 2–4 slices bread of choice (such as country-style sourdough or multigrain).—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Bricks, scorched wood frame splinters and other debris are scattered there.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
23 Apr. 2026
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In 1903, a vicious winter storm reduced most of the piers to splinters, and by 1906 offshore oil production at Summerland had all but ceased.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Eating ultraprocessed pancakes for breakfast, chips with lunch, a bag of cookies for a snack and a pizza for dinner could quickly add up.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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New orders for the specialized and embedded chips that NXP and its peers make—not to be confused with the high-performance AI silicon that gets all the news headlines—are finally rising after a long slump going all the way back to the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The modern system of succession was designed to anticipate worst-case scenarios—but only in fragments.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Many Americans may not be familiar with microplastics, which are tiny fragments of plastic, often invisible to the human eye.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Flavor the tangy, no-bake filling with crushed pineapple, sweetened coconut flakes, and a splash of rum.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2026
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The coconut frosting, speckled with coconut flakes, was the best part.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Quaise is developing a drilling system that uses millimeter wave energy to melt and vaporize rock at extreme depths where conventional drill bits struggle with heat and pressure.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Apr. 2026
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Watching babies get blown to bits should do something to you.—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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How To Use Banana Peels In Your Garden Since banana peels do contain healthy nutrients your garden needs, learning how to use them in your garden can keep the food scraps out of landfills and give plants a boost.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
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Orange County Public Health Services did not find just one mouse sniffing around for scraps.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Slivers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slivers. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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