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Recent Examples of splintered
Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Individual cities or communities’ risk being splintered across multiple legislative districts.
—Matt Klink, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
The end of her stick splintered on the ground like tree trunks snapping in the bush.
—Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
With that, the trio of Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas come swaggering and smiling from the wings, strolling to the tip of a catwalk together, the professional differences that splintered their brotherly union for a spell neatly compartmentalized for 2 ½-hours of polished pop digested by adoring fans.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
The moment occurred in Game 2 of that World Series when Piazza fouled off a pitch from Clemens and splintered his bat in the process.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
The idea of having experts study the restaurant industry in Denver developed after mounting complaints from owners who said the city’s regulatory process was splintered and unconducive for business.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2025
Militia groups have always been relatively splintered, but the insurrection exacerbated the fissures.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
Windows shattered and splintered across the classroom desks and chairs.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
Piqued by the remarkable results of the far-right National Rally in the European Parliament elections of May 2024, the French president forced a vote in which his party lost seats to the far right and far left, leaving France with a splintered parliament.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The Walking Dead keeps shambling along, now splintered into a bunch of pretty lackluster spinoffs.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Individual cities or communities’ risk being splintered across multiple legislative districts.
—Matt Klink, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
The end of her stick splintered on the ground like tree trunks snapping in the bush.
—Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
With that, the trio of Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas come swaggering and smiling from the wings, strolling to the tip of a catwalk together, the professional differences that splintered their brotherly union for a spell neatly compartmentalized for 2 ½-hours of polished pop digested by adoring fans.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
The moment occurred in Game 2 of that World Series when Piazza fouled off a pitch from Clemens and splintered his bat in the process.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
The idea of having experts study the restaurant industry in Denver developed after mounting complaints from owners who said the city’s regulatory process was splintered and unconducive for business.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2025
Militia groups have always been relatively splintered, but the insurrection exacerbated the fissures.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
Windows shattered and splintered across the classroom desks and chairs.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splintered
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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Their attacking thrusts sliced the Serbians to shreds.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Neither of them understands the other’s dynamic with Daniel, and the split-episode format keeps our sympathies teeter-tottering between each woman.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Old fashioned filmic techniques like split diopter shots, iris wipes, and chiaroscuro lighting add another layer of maximalist flare to the whole affair.—
Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The praline starts out as a solid sweet before being chopped in a food processor into a paste.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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Shohei Ohtani walked against Juan Mejia before Freddie Freeman chopped a double over the head of Farmer at first base.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There are black-and-white scenes from what appears to be a cracked Biblical drama featuring a levitating monk and, to the particular bafflement of the producer, a dancing Pulcinella.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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And everything’s not exactly rosy in the core business, which still is dealing with a cracked, state-by-state regulatory environment.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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While the new image reveals new clues about the exploded star and its environment, further research is needed to better understand how pulsars and supernova debris interact to sculpt such stunning cosmic structures.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Patrick Helton, who lives in a home on the lot just behind the exploded house, said an adjuster was supposed to show up soon.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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While Japan’s opposition remains fractured, the far-right, anti-immigration Sanseito party made big gains in July’s upper house election, bringing once-fringe ideas into the political mainstream.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Though Marcelo is the central character, the film’s emotional heart lies in his fractured relationship with his son Fernando.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For growing companies, this fragmented model creates inefficiencies that ripple far beyond the furniture itself.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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White Out is like something from the high-modernist era of Joyce and Woolf—dark, fragmented, impressionistic, saturated with irony and black humor.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Her ballerina background, however, is fairly extraneous, even with De Armas made to stare solemnly at that blasted music box during her rare moments of rest.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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“Splintered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splintered. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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