as in slivers
a small flat piece separated from a whole
a splint off the board
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Recent Examples of splints
The hospital's remaining staffers got creative, making beds and crutches out of wood and using clothes instead of gauze for makeshift splints.
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ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
Breathability The best plantar fasciitis night splints are as breathable as possible to avoid excess sweating during the night.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Health care providers can perform X-Rays, put on splints and suture wounds, test for respiratory illnesses and viral infections such as COVID and strep throat and perform urine analysis, among other services.
—Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
It has also been used to design assistive tools such as finger splints and utensil grips.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
Bunion splints can help slow the progression of your bunion and relieve both pain and pressure.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
Otherwise, after running imaging tests, doctors generally recommend treatments like physical therapy and braces, splints, or shoe inserts.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
Breathability The best plantar fasciitis night splints are as breathable as possible to avoid excess sweating during the night.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Health care providers can perform X-Rays, put on splints and suture wounds, test for respiratory illnesses and viral infections such as COVID and strep throat and perform urine analysis, among other services.
—Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
It has also been used to design assistive tools such as finger splints and utensil grips.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
Bunion splints can help slow the progression of your bunion and relieve both pain and pressure.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
Otherwise, after running imaging tests, doctors generally recommend treatments like physical therapy and braces, splints, or shoe inserts.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splints
Noun
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Arranged over the top are dollops of crema and slivers of pickled yellow squash.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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Instead of being rolled, the enchiladas are stacked with slivers of tortilla, then topped with the familiar glob of cheese.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 June 2026
Noun
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But as the season neared the winter transfer window, the expectation was for Mainoo to leave on loan rather than continue to pick up splinters on the bench.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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While Johnny Carson was a monolith, shaped by a dominant TV media structure to be all things to all people, the current crop of late-night hosts are merely splinters.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Nvidia, which operates a highly profitable business making the expensive chips AI runs on, fell as much as 4% in midday trading Tuesday.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Analysts have noted that retail investors could be causing some of the weakness in chips by freeing up dry powder in preparation for the blockbuster IPO – though Bank of America noted that last week’s sell-off was driven by big institutional money.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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The footage showed that without responding, an officer smashed Hoskins’ passenger-side window, pelting him with shards of glass.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Dec. 2025
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Her eyes might get shards of glass in them.—
Victoria Barry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In the 19th century, Tuscan pastry chef Antonio Mattei enriched the biscotti recipe, adding almond flakes and anis.—
Vittoria Traverso,
Popular Science,
11 Dec. 2025
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Substitute with corn flakes, rice crispies, or Cheerios.—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Splints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splints. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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