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adjective

as in split

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verb

past tense of splinter

as in sliced

to cut into long slender pieces splintered the carrots into little sticks

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Recent Examples of splintered

Adjective

The United List party is expected to take 42 seats in parliament, and a multiparty coalition will be needed to govern in a splintered political landscape. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026 Its unfurling will reveal an image of the cosmos overlain with blooming flowers and splintered prisms emanating rainbows. — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Battlefield 6, the 18th game and latest of the series, was released last year and was set about two years into the future and featured a splintered NATO as one of the sides fighting. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 Those benefits focus on food security, economic mobility and reconnecting the splintered neighborhoods. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 The splintered timbers, fastened together by rusted iron, emerged near an area where remains believed to be from the Warren Sawyer, a wooden schooner lost in 1884, have been found before. — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Much has been made of Parton as the last unifying figure in an increasingly splintered society. — Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2026 Parton endeared herself to the red and the blue, the heartland and the coasts, even as the monoculture splintered and political polarization turned friends into strangers. — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 Whoever wins will need to bring splintered factions back into the fold to beat Rogers. — Mike Catalini, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Verb

In reality, the process stalled and splintered With Kennedy’s committee shut down by the court order, doctors’ groups that used to collaborate with the ACIP have gone their own way. — Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 The bloc splintered in 2024 but appears to be reconstituting itself ahead of the midterm elections. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026 Streamers, after years of growth, are facing fresh pressure from the public and from government officials, as prices continue to rise and with programming splintered across so many platforms. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026 Because the redrawn map that splintered Kansas City into three congressional districts was used in last month’s primary, some voters will have the unusual experience of voting in a different race in November. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026 The Brussels governing system is notoriously splintered along linguistic communities, which is one reason the Brussels-Capital Region failed to form a new government between June 2024 and February 2026. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 The Internet is splintered into many ASes (autonomous systems). — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026 The record 16 candidates splintered the first-round vote, creating an electoral earthquake when the elder Le Pen qualified for the decisive second round. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 In December 2025, disagreements about leadership splintered the Community Brigade, as 92 of the group’s members departed and started their own fire brigade, according to court documents. — Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for splintered

Adjective

Tabless battery cells, a split-path battery management system and a motor vent that lets air flow through are meant to double continuous power delivery.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
His decision raises the prospect of a split 4-4 decision, which would be a victory for Boulder and leave the Colorado Supreme Court decision in place.

— Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of split

Verb

After the break, Croatia's defense was sliced open again on a quick break and Elliot Anderson curled in a cross from the right and Kane slid in at the back post for a poacher's finish.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
My plastic fork sliced right through the fluffy, dessert-like dish after topping it off with some syrup, and the taste wasn’t too far off from the ones back home.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of sliced

Adjective

Inspect the weatherstripping for cracked, compressed or missing foam, vinyl or rubber seals.

— Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Use them to cover a cracked deck, upgrade a front porch, create a barefoot-friendly walkway around a hot tub or pool, or even define a dedicated grilling station that’s easy to sweep clean.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2026

Definition of cracked

Verb

Unavoidably the text has been chopped and channeled, with some swapping of parts, bits of narration screwed into dialogue and events described in a paragraph blown out into scenes.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Return the meatballs to the skillet along with the reserved pineapple tidbits and ½ cup chopped green bell pepper.

— Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of chopped

Adjective

Surgical repair entails opening the scrotum to expose the exploded testicle, stopping any bleeding, removing any dead tissue, tucking the testicle back into the scrotum and sewing the tunica albuginea back together.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
An exploded sunfish spread out in the water in thousands of pieces is certainly easier to share, offering another possible explanation for this practice.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Definition of exploded

Adjective

But this creates a fragmented landscape where people are consuming media in line with their own interests, while fewer and fewer people seem to be consuming the same things as one another.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
In Finance Give agentic AI fragmented data, inconsistent processes or unclear ownership, and those weaknesses become part of how the technology operates.

— Ari Widlansky, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of fragmented

Adjective

The symbol of an institution that for decades has prepared many of Ukraine’s top public finance officials and ministers sat bomb-blasted and unusable.

— Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
With more than a dozen varieties grown in and around SoCal, in 2026 alone, heads (of cabbage) will roll if Angelenos can’t get their fix of this vitamin-rich, potassium-laden, calcium-blasted antioxidant VIP in 2026.

— Rebecca Leib, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026

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