as in chip
a small flat piece separated from a whole
a splint off the board
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Recent Examples of splint
It has also been used to design assistive tools such as finger splints and utensil grips.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
Any moisture trapped in your splint could cause a case of foot fungus.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
Now, although fortified by the bye week and a win over the last-place Raiders, Herbert must also contend with the limitation of playing with a cast or splint on his left hand.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
Otherwise, after running imaging tests, doctors generally recommend treatments like physical therapy and braces, splints, or shoe inserts.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
Any moisture trapped in your splint could cause a case of foot fungus.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
Now, although fortified by the bye week and a win over the last-place Raiders, Herbert must also contend with the limitation of playing with a cast or splint on his left hand.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
Otherwise, after running imaging tests, doctors generally recommend treatments like physical therapy and braces, splints, or shoe inserts.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splint
Noun
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So, in theory, a chip made of such materials could transmit radar signals, store data, and process signals all in one device.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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TikTok’s parent company is sidestepping US restrictions to use Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Analysts worry that the boom in artificial intelligence could deepen the divide, with the soaring stock of firms such as AI chipmaker Nvidia benefiting a small sliver of the population but not generating many new jobs.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
9 Mar. 2026
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But that is only a small subset of all knowledge—the sliver that can be expressed symbolically, as language or mathematics.—
Charles Yu,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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From removing splinters or opening bandages, to snagging ingrown hairs and tightening eyeglass screws, tweezers are one of those travel essentials that my mom never regrets packing.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2026
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Similarly, older floors tend to creak and squeak underfoot, and may even have loose staples, nails, or wooden splinters that can put you at risk.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
25 Feb. 2026
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Then last year came the discovery of Rancho Izaguirre, just 45 minutes down the highway, where bone fragments, clothing and other evidence indicated the cartel had been disposing of bodies.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Avoiding documentary-like methods that presume to grasp events in large visual gulps, Ouédraogo offers visual fragments (however ample) that conjure a spectrum of experience that goes beyond what’s onscreen.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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Another 57 people were being treated for minor injuries, mostly from glass shards.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
13 Mar. 2026
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Locked in a safe on her desk at Boston University’s Institute for Astrophysical Research is a shard of meteorite flecked with material older than the sun.—
James Dinneen,
Quanta Magazine,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The cake’s exterior is cloaked in smooth buttercream icing that clings to the fork, while the generous dusting of coconut flakes adds a gentle crackle with each mouthful.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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The lip exfoliators have delicate sugar crystals that gently scrub to reveal smooth, supple, flake-free lips.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Splint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splint. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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