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
Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Totality The lunar disk could be seen to adopt a reddish hue as the final sliver of its surface fell within Earth's shadow.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 July 2025
McDonald's to add Daily Double burger to menu The Daily Double, available now nationwide, is made with two beef patties, a slice of American cheese, shredded lettuce, slivered onions, mayo and two tomato slices.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 8 July 2025
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Noun
But dirt, lint, or weather damage often keeps the flap stuck open just a sliver.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Totality The lunar disk could be seen to adopt a reddish hue as the final sliver of its surface fell within Earth's shadow.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
Diani slivering between lines, Mateo evaporated and reappeared like some Marvel character.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 July 2025
McDonald's to add Daily Double burger to menu The Daily Double, available now nationwide, is made with two beef patties, a slice of American cheese, shredded lettuce, slivered onions, mayo and two tomato slices.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sliver
Noun
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However, developing a custom chip or functional block can take three or more years.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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To cope, Chinese companies have turned more to grouping large numbers of less efficient, often homegrown, chips together to achieve similar computing capabilities.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There is nothing quite like the thrill of spotting a dorsal fin slicing through open water or watching a pod leap through the surf beside your boat.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
18 Sep. 2025
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Radios, redundancy and backup tech After Helene’s chaos knocked out cell towers, sliced underground fiber lines and broke internet access, many counties were unable to reach residents or even each other.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What lingers are the fragments that weren’t rehearsed, a voice breaking, a note pulled from the back of a notebook, a chant that filled the room, a line spoken more to a spouse than to the cameras.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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One of these middens spanned an area the size of five football pitches and was packed with the remains of the feast—up to 15 million bone fragments.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nothing about Francis Lawrence’s take-no-prisoners adaptation of Richard Bachman’s (aka Stephen King) staggering novel offers one shard of hope for any of us to wrap our bloodied fingers around.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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The score surges and splinters, and the world is askew.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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The brittle, eco-friendly bamboo straw is another concession to the community, as are the splinters.—
Joe Joyce,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sliver. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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