splints

plural of splint

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of splints Shin splints are common among runners, especially those who just ramped up their training, since that can force the tibialis anterior into overdrive. Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Sep. 2025 Quickly, other motorists stopped to help, and the group used a windshield wiper, a metal rod from a car jack, and seatbelts as splints and tourniquets to keep Whitt from bleeding to death. Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025 That membrane and the shells were once used as vegetal dyes for basket splints. Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splints
Noun
  • The token slivers of human-interest drama (a divorce battle, a visit to the pediatrician) that are meant to counterpoint the possibility of Armageddon with the oh-so-ironic triviality of quotidian concerns.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The suit sharpens political and regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s AI design choices, may pry open slivers of discovery that inform the DOJ’s case, and could even spur Apple to codify more explicit user choice.
    Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The brittle, eco-friendly bamboo straw is another concession to the community, as are the splinters.
    Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The syntax of reason splinters by the hour.
    Alaa Alqaisi August 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Prior to that, the administration had also struck down the Biden-era AI diffusion rule, a move that could've seen the expansion of export controls on advanced AI chips.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The team relied on ultra-low-cost ESP32 chips, which retail for $5 to $10, and Raspberry Pi boards costing around $30.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kafka’s life and work are fragmented, so the film had to be fragmented too—piecing together shards of his fiction, his letters, and his lived experience.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Did a Smurl sister really vomit bloody glass shards?
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Make a savory bean dip by draining and rinsing a can of beans and then blending with garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and optional herbs and chili flakes.
    Jess Cording, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In a jar or salad dressing shaker, stir together almond butter, garlic, rice vinegar, sesame oil, coconut aminos, lime juice and red pepper flakes.
    Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Splints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splints. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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