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
Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Israel has been regularly bombing Syria since Mr. Assad’s ouster and has claimed fresh slivers of territory in the Golan Heights.
Israeli drones, warplanes, and explosions have become part of the Damascus that Syrians, for now, take in stride.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2025
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2024
That left the fresh, slivered onions as the likely source.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The small sliver of Skidmore students, whose campus is up the hill from downtown Saratoga, who are of drinking age will no doubt love this place.
—Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Israel has been regularly bombing Syria since Mr. Assad’s ouster and has claimed fresh slivers of territory in the Golan Heights.
Israeli drones, warplanes, and explosions have become part of the Damascus that Syrians, for now, take in stride.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
The multi-state E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions on McDonald's Quarter Pounders is officially over, according to officials.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2024
That left the fresh, slivered onions as the likely source.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sliver
Noun
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Meanwhile, the air force is increasing its dependence on Chinese components such as chips and rare-earth materials.—
MICHAEL BROWN,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Semiconductor stocks — Shares of other chip stocks slid on Monday, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing dropping 2.6%, as well as Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom declining 2.2% and about 2.8%, respectively.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The wall slices through the home, guiding you from the open-air atrium to indoor living spaces, all wrapped in sliding glass and shadow play.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
25 Apr. 2025
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Landeskog initially hurt his right knee during the 2020 playoffs, when it was sliced by teammate Cale Makar’s skate after the defenseman had fallen to the ice.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The restoration works enhanced the grotto’s surface and its rich and elaborate scheme, made of rustic, polychrome and multi-material mosaics featuring shells, glass pastes, semi-precious stones, stone fragments and mineral crusts.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2025
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These represent fragments of all the things that might currently be on your mind.—
Scott Mautz, Contributor,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Good: deliberately allowing his hands to be pierced by shards of glass to transform his body into a swiss-army knife.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
8 Mar. 2025
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The window completely shattered, sending shards of glass through the office, according to the party.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
4 Mar. 2025
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For millennia, great powers have used diplomacy in this way to forestall conflict, recruit new partners, and splinter enemy coalitions.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The design is classic and functional, and it’s made from a weather-resistant and UV-resistant material that won’t rot, splinter, chip, or peel.—
Megan Schaltegger,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sliver. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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