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
From the construction debris and pottery shards, in Hadrian’s day, the structure appeared to archaeologists to have been abandoned.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Once ground was completely covered with shards of tableware, folks journeyed from their seats into the center of the room for more dancing and merrymaking.
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
It's made up of exoskeletons of tiny marine animals and contains sharp shards that penetrate ants' bodies and dispatch them.
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Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
10 June 2026
The sky has shattered, shards fill the alleys.
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Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for shard
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Once ground was completely covered with shards of tableware, folks journeyed from their seats into the center of the room for more dancing and merrymaking.
—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
It's made up of exoskeletons of tiny marine animals and contains sharp shards that penetrate ants' bodies and dispatch them.
—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
10 June 2026
The sky has shattered, shards fill the alleys.
—
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for shard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shard
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How can a sliver of that game day vibrancy be repeated on the average weekday?
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As a destination, Italy has exploded in popularity since the pandemic and the airing of the Max hit series The White Lotus, which broadcast just a sliver of what the country can offer visitors.
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Seventy of the dogs were X-rayed on site, and many showed evidence of bullet fragments.
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Multiple fractures with missing fragments, fetlock open and disarticulated, severe soft-tissue damage.
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Axiom Materials will test how advanced materials perform against rain, hail, and airborne particles.
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Those particles may have been grinding in the joint, causing mechanical wear on the cobalt-chromium femoral head that released cobalt into the surrounding tissue and bloodstream.
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New York State created a Law, for an instant speck of time, going back many decades, in order to wrongfully ‘nab’ me.
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One released a chaff cascade—hell’s own monsoon manifesting as specks of light, sound, and EM pulses falling through the hanging garden.
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News crews, Venezuelan officials and nearby residents were drawn to a remarkable scene that offered a glimmer of hope amid the country’s otherwise dystopian tableau.
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Tuesday's rescue marked another glimmer of hope amid the disaster that has devastated the South American country.
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Mysterio came back with a baseball slide into a splash on the outside.
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Betts is making his splash at the plate again.
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Light streams through the frosted glass, catching flecks of dust.
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But flecks of green were visible throughout the stadium as Algeria fans made their presence known as well.
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Their main flaw is that the protagonists rarely display a shred of agency or activity.
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The rest of the band followed his lead, particularly Green, a relentless head-banger, dropping to her knees to become one with the feedback and leaning back into beatific shred-faces.
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“Shard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shard. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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