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Recent Examples of splintering
On the other hand, an otherwise strong voting bloc can be marginalized by splintering its voters among several districts, thereby diluting its impact.
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Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Video footage shared online shows the window with a large crack right in the middle, splintering off to the sides, as someone placed tape over the glass.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Tamsin points with her chin at a splintering sign planted in the sand.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Advertisement But even such splintering policies impact all of us.
—Stacey Abrams, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
What about this table in our house, propped up by magazines, splintering and covered with wood stains?
—Hua Xi, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
When rumors swirled that Fatah was splintering ahead of a party conference last November, for example, Abbas barred the dissenters from attending the meeting and used the group’s internal elections to purge his rivals.
—Grant Rumley, Foreign Affairs, 9 Mar. 2017
Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Video footage shared online shows the window with a large crack right in the middle, splintering off to the sides, as someone placed tape over the glass.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Tamsin points with her chin at a splintering sign planted in the sand.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Advertisement But even such splintering policies impact all of us.
—Stacey Abrams, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
What about this table in our house, propped up by magazines, splintering and covered with wood stains?
—Hua Xi, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
When rumors swirled that Fatah was splintering ahead of a party conference last November, for example, Abbas barred the dissenters from attending the meeting and used the group’s internal elections to purge his rivals.
—Grant Rumley, Foreign Affairs, 9 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splintering
Verb
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Let stand for at least 15 minutes before slicing.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2025
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Austin Wells followed by slicing a single to right as Chisholm sped around the bases, sliding headfirst just ahead of Nate Eaton’s throw as New York took the lead.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Whereas traditional nuclear fission energy creates power by splitting atoms, fusion uses heat to create energy by melding them together.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Last season, though, Vegas started deploying its top defensemen a bit differently, splitting the toughest minutes between Pietrangelo, Shea Theodore, Noah Hanifin and Brayden McNabb.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Simply rake fallen leaves from landscape beds into piles and mow over them on your lawn, chopping them into small pieces by passing over them several times.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Oct. 2025
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Also in attendance were season 31 champion Charli D’amelio, Xandra Pohl and Sasha Farber, who could be seen chopping it up and laughing with Joey Graziadei backstage.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Splintering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splintering. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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