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Recent Examples of splintered
Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The tornado tore apart homes, splintered trees, and rocketed loose limbs into the Satterfield's house.
—Noel Brennan, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Volunteers helped sift through the splintered wood and jagged metal, and cleanup crews were clearing limbs from roads.
—Kendrick Calfee
updated April 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
Inspect your deck for rotting boards, loose or rusted fasteners and screws, protruding nails, splintered areas, and termite damage.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Disagreements over the war have disrupted family dinners, upended friendships, and splintered congregations.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
The effect of all these wildly inventive choices is of a splintered consciousness — and of an image that’s been photocopied so many times its pixels have become blobs.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
And like all of television, reality is facing splintered and waning audiences so the decibel level of that conversation-sparking is often dialed way up.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The opposition, despite the formation of a new centrist alliance and a rising far-right, was too splintered to be a real challenger.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 17 Apr. 2026
The Maryland Democratic caucus was splintered over the redistricting move, as Democratic state Senate President Bill Ferguson staunchly opposed the effort Moore had promoted.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026
The party scene, meanwhile, has splintered accordingly.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Magyar was a former ally of Orban’s, but splintered away with the center-right, pro-European Union Tisza Party.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 13 Apr. 2026
Repair Or Replace Damaged Parts Replace any boards or beams that are structurally damaged, cracked or split, rotten, or severely splintered.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Decades earlier, Jane Goodall observed similar violence About 50 years ago, the late Jane Goodall and her research team witnessed a series of attacks in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park, in which a group of chimpanzees splintered from the group.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
The crowded field of Democrats in the race has splintered their party’s voters, providing an opening for the Republicans, the poll showed.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Democratic support in polls has been splintered among eight candidates, prompting the state party chair to urge lower-polling contenders to withdraw by April 15.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Democratic pollster Paul Mitchell had previously predicted a slight chance that the splintered field of candidates could keep Democrats from finishing first or second in the June 2 primary and leading to a runoff between Hilton and Bianco.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The tornado tore apart homes, splintered trees, and rocketed loose limbs into the Satterfield's house.
—Noel Brennan, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Volunteers helped sift through the splintered wood and jagged metal, and cleanup crews were clearing limbs from roads.
—Kendrick Calfee
updated April 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
Inspect your deck for rotting boards, loose or rusted fasteners and screws, protruding nails, splintered areas, and termite damage.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Disagreements over the war have disrupted family dinners, upended friendships, and splintered congregations.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
The effect of all these wildly inventive choices is of a splintered consciousness — and of an image that’s been photocopied so many times its pixels have become blobs.
—Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
And like all of television, reality is facing splintered and waning audiences so the decibel level of that conversation-sparking is often dialed way up.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The opposition, despite the formation of a new centrist alliance and a rising far-right, was too splintered to be a real challenger.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
Some conservatives have split over the future of the movement after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and the circumstances of his death itself became the source of a new round of conspiracy theories that have splintered some of his former followers.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 17 Apr. 2026
The Maryland Democratic caucus was splintered over the redistricting move, as Democratic state Senate President Bill Ferguson staunchly opposed the effort Moore had promoted.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026
The party scene, meanwhile, has splintered accordingly.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Magyar was a former ally of Orban’s, but splintered away with the center-right, pro-European Union Tisza Party.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 13 Apr. 2026
Repair Or Replace Damaged Parts Replace any boards or beams that are structurally damaged, cracked or split, rotten, or severely splintered.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Decades earlier, Jane Goodall observed similar violence About 50 years ago, the late Jane Goodall and her research team witnessed a series of attacks in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park, in which a group of chimpanzees splintered from the group.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
The crowded field of Democrats in the race has splintered their party’s voters, providing an opening for the Republicans, the poll showed.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Democratic support in polls has been splintered among eight candidates, prompting the state party chair to urge lower-polling contenders to withdraw by April 15.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splintered
Adjective
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The pairing of two of the underground’s wildest bands, powered by two of the most formidable drummers in the biz — OOIOO’s YoshimiO and the Bolt’s Brian Chippendale—is a lot to handle as a split album.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
24 Apr. 2026
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His current favorite is the Pollock and Casper, the restaurant’s Gemini cocktail, a split base of gin and duck fat washed vodka, finished with saffron oil, designed to capture the duality the sign is known for.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Another had been sliced in two by a monorail, like a magician’s assistant.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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In a lab at MSK, the tumor was preserved and sliced into fine pieces, each thinner than a human hair.—
Caleb Hellerman,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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One commenter showed blueberry-sized hail in Lee’s Summit, another showed a cracked windshield from hail in Bethany, Missouri.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
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Its crew saved it, in part, by using heavy steel cables to tie cracked portions of the ship’s superstructure together.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The whole plants are edible, and the farm also sells the leaves and stems, which can be made into salads or chopped and marinated with soy sauce to become kizami, a condiment.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
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This recipe calls for three carrots, peeled and chopped into 1-inch pieces.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Astronomically, the Beehive is considered an open star cluster, a group of young stars that formed from the same hydrogen nebula, sprinkled with heavier elements from a long-since exploded star.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2026
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Figure 2 shows an exploded view of this block (shown as part of the data pipeline in Figure 1).—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In one of the most fractured gubernatorial races in California history, the hedge fund billionaire and 2020 presidential candidate has emerged as a real contender to replace Gavin Newsom next year.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2026
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Sullivan was hired in January and brought with him a promise to rebuild Miami's fractured franchise in a similar way the the Packers' model — to rely on the draft to find and develop their own talent to build their franchise around.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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When these systems are manual or fragmented, the founder becomes the central point through which every decision flows, and that arrangement has a ceiling that growth will eventually expose.—
Victoria Chynoweth,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
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Over the past decade, the media sector has become ever more fragmented, except, perhaps, for sports.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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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Each earbud is made from polished aluminum and housed in a pearl-blasted charging case made from natural aluminum.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Splintered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splintered. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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