as in sliver
a small sharp piece of something (such as glass or pottery)
Watch out for the shards of glass on the floor.
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Recent Examples of shard
Safety nets hang in the warm air above the 1,800 species of tropical, subtropical, and temperate plants and trees to catch any falling shards.
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George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Walks off, comes back with first-aid kit, has Finer remove shirt, sits on chair before him, tends to his wounds, picking out shards, putting bloody shards on table, applying salve.
—George Saunders, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
Conservatism is supposed to be rooted in respect for history, traditions, systems and principles — not blowing everything up and then seeing which shards and rubble surviving the explosion might be fit to put back together.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025
The microplastics problem Microplastics are tiny shards of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Walks off, comes back with first-aid kit, has Finer remove shirt, sits on chair before him, tends to his wounds, picking out shards, putting bloody shards on table, applying salve.
—George Saunders, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
Conservatism is supposed to be rooted in respect for history, traditions, systems and principles — not blowing everything up and then seeing which shards and rubble surviving the explosion might be fit to put back together.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025
The microplastics problem Microplastics are tiny shards of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shard
Noun
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Ward shortened his drop and threw a strike in the small sliver of space just before the hash mark.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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In just about every single episode of CSI, techs wearing no protective equipment whatsoever stand in rooms lit like dive bars, feeding slivers of human tissue into machines that whir briefly and spit out a neat list of every foreign substance in the body.—
Samuel Ashworth,
The Atlantic,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In December 2023, more than 25,000 pounds of boneless chicken bites were recalled following the discovery of clear, hard plastic fragments.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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In a study published last year, Sette and his team tested blood samples collected from volunteers to identify whether their T cells that target fragments of the flu virus could do the same for H5N1 bird flu.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That’s due to high energy particles spiraling in the galactic magnetic field and emitting enormous amounts of radiation, Hibbard says.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Vacuum energy describes the density of particles popping in and out of existence.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There’s not a speck of iceberg lettuce or a sticky Heinz bottle in sight.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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This is where the creek empties, where the speck spook in the eelgrass.—
Kristin L. Wolfe,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There is one thing to note, however, that could be a glimmer of hope.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Any hope of the U.S. team making the final in San Francisco after glimmers of a good performance — like being in third place during the final race — evaporated as the crew struggled to maintain stable flight on its frisky F50 boat.—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Stir-frying is a method of quickly searing and cooking bite-size pieces of protein and vegetables in a splash of oil over high heat.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Skin tones appear accurate, and splashes of blues and oranges pop out nicely.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Normally, landing a star of Dončić’s caliber at such a young age would take every fleck of gold in the safe.—
C. Clark, M. Vorkunov and F. Katz,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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Tips and Tricks: During this event, the moon will begin to travel in front of the Pleiades stars around 11 P.M. Eastern Time, concealing several of the blueish flecks as the night goes on.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside Online,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s contrived veneer is being ripped away to reveal an immoral, mendacious, transactional opportunist, without a shred of loyalty to anyone or anything but himself.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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When the last shreds of sunlight vanish, everyone pulls their car up to the field and turns on their headlights.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Shard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shard. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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