as in slivers
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 shards
Some of the smaller finds, such as mosaic and pottery shards, jewelry and utensils from across centuries, are now on display at various stops along the 13-station metro line, which extends almost 6 miles.
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Leslie Katz, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The pals, played by Hacks’ Megan Stalter and actor Owen Thiele, quickly begin to suspect that this guy is in fact Santa Claus, especially when Astin asks for a warm glass of milk and an oversized chocolate chip cookie dusted lightly with candy cane shards.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Few shards of evidence remain from the scene of Silkwood's crash.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
The researchers placed these shards in front of a laser that fired ultrafast pulses of light at the diamonds, which subsequently shifted some of the mineral’s carbon atoms.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2024
There are also clusters of razor-sharp shards of glass suspended in mid-air, that emit an almost excited trilling noise, waiting to cut Skif to ribbons.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
On a map, the archipelago looks like shards of glass spread across an ocean.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Ka’s music, which is largely self-produced, is at once stark and enveloping, a fugue of dread and predatory housing law punctured by shards and wisdom and, occasionally, discrete moments of joy.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
Mattresses, couches, tables, golf clubs, washing machines, long shards of wood and drywall—the piles still lined the streets.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Leslie Katz, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The pals, played by Hacks’ Megan Stalter and actor Owen Thiele, quickly begin to suspect that this guy is in fact Santa Claus, especially when Astin asks for a warm glass of milk and an oversized chocolate chip cookie dusted lightly with candy cane shards.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Few shards of evidence remain from the scene of Silkwood's crash.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
The researchers placed these shards in front of a laser that fired ultrafast pulses of light at the diamonds, which subsequently shifted some of the mineral’s carbon atoms.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2024
There are also clusters of razor-sharp shards of glass suspended in mid-air, that emit an almost excited trilling noise, waiting to cut Skif to ribbons.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
On a map, the archipelago looks like shards of glass spread across an ocean.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Ka’s music, which is largely self-produced, is at once stark and enveloping, a fugue of dread and predatory housing law punctured by shards and wisdom and, occasionally, discrete moments of joy.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
Mattresses, couches, tables, golf clubs, washing machines, long shards of wood and drywall—the piles still lined the streets.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Shards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shards. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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