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
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
That’s in large part because many of the Democrats have only slivers of daylight between their policies, and ditto for the two Republicans.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
The exceptionally large and tender ribs are zested with slivers of lemon.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Tomb 1 also yielded numerous bamboo slivers from the Warring States period.
—Urnesha Bhattacherjee, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
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
Noun
The peas themselves are piled like cabochons over a thin pastry shell, dressed in a tart citrus vinaigrette and studded with slivers of pickled shallots that deliver bracing little sparks of brine against the crisp sweetness of the legumes.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
That’s in large part because many of the Democrats have only slivers of daylight between their policies, and ditto for the two Republicans.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
The exceptionally large and tender ribs are zested with slivers of lemon.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Tomb 1 also yielded numerous bamboo slivers from the Warring States period.
—Urnesha Bhattacherjee, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slivers
Noun
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For context, Juszczyk is a 6-foot-1, 235-pound behemoth whose knees probably feel like broken shards of glass at this point in his life.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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These ice chunks, which are also conductors, can stretch into shards.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 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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Beijing also seeks access to top-end chips made by American manufacturers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Another task involved answering elementary school questions with a giant pencil, and the final showdown was over a Plinko-esque game with specialized chips.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Here, the archeologists found tesserae from mosaics, glass fragments, and kitchen pottery.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
11 May 2026
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He is accompanied by the Cubans Piñera and Rodríguez Tomeu, who read fragments of poems in a flowery, exaggerated way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
Noun
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That’s not how the bro-flakes work.—
Scott Maxwell,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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Fresh ginger and red pepper flakes add welcome zing, but the real surprise here is napa (aka Chinese) cabbage.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
5 May 2026
Noun
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Every now and then, the hunter’s headphones would ping, registering a metallic hit below ground; though the vast majority of those signals were inconsequential, identifying only bits of scrap iron or old lead bullets.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
8 May 2026
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Advertisement Still, these tender feelings can’t gloss over the gory bits of starting a band.—
Katie Gavin,
Time,
8 May 2026
Noun
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It had been crowded, competitive, fighting his brothers and sisters to nestle at the center, for the last scraps of flesh, for the fallen fruit.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Gather up dough scraps, reroll, and punch out more biscuits if needed.—
Claire Saffitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 May 2026
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“Slivers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slivers. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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