as in chip
a small flat piece separated from a whole
I got a sliver of wood stuck in my finger
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Recent Examples of sliver
Seyward Darby, Longreads, 7 Nov. 2024
Casar won his second term over Republican Steven Wright in District 35, a thin sliver that tracks closely to Interstate 35 from Austin to San Antonio.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Nov. 2024
Erika Edwards, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
Fast food chains like Burger King and Taco Bell also pulled slivered onions from their menus.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
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Noun
And what did the reunion tour with Liz Cheney and her evil father’s spectral presence accomplish, other than alienating everyone but a sliver of self-congratulatory consultants and pundits eager to flaunt their bipartisan commitments in the most obscene way possible?
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 7 Nov. 2024
Casar won his second term over Republican Steven Wright in District 35, a thin sliver that tracks closely to Interstate 35 from Austin to San Antonio.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
Most of those people, 63, said their food contained fresh, slivered onions.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
Fast food chains like Burger King and Taco Bell also pulled slivered onions from their menus.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sliver
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According to analysts, China has invested in the legacy chip sector in order to supply its own chip-hungry industry, like electric vehicles and renewable energy.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Asia, 17 Dec. 2024
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Flour and chocolate chips aren’t the only core components of beauty publicist Julia Labaton’s famed holiday cookies — there are also hours of first-lady biopics fueling every batch.Noor Lobad, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
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But the laws of football physics tell us A&M’s resurgence will be felt long after the last piece of Vandy’s goalposts are recovered, sliced up and sold for $40.35 on eBay.David Whitley, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Others have one cooking scene so memorable that the film simply had to make the list: Annie baking a single cupcake in Bridesmaids, Paulie slicing garlic with a razor blade in Goodfellas, that final sequence in Phantom Thread.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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In May 1924, about 60 explosions occurred sending fragments ranging from volcanic ash to large blocks the size of cars into the sky and falling back around the summit caldera.David Bressan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Small fragments can cause laceration and punctures to digestive organs, such as the esophagus, stomach or intestines while metallic particles can become lodged in a person's throat and airways.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Using a mixture of wet stone and urushi sap, kintsugi artists can fill in chips, but not giant shards, explained Satoko.Maria Yagoda, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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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.Leslie Katz, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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In 1985, movies made for and about kids had a few more splinters.Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor — Bare.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sliver. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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