as in chip
a small flat piece separated from a whole
a splint off the board
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Recent Examples of splint
Sports first-aid kit: Athletes are more likely to be injured when playing contact sports or heavily exerting themselves, which is why sports first-aid kits usually include splints, wraps, athletic tape, cold compresses and pain relievers.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Rafaela Pimenta is wearing a beige splint over her left wrist.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Crucially, the muscles of stags that had been hunted to death contained higher levels of lactic acid, while deer from a slaughterhouse who had their limbs immobilized in a splint before their death had lower levels, suggesting that the acid was generated by physical exertion.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025
Splinting or bracing: Wearing a wrist splint at night can relieve pressure on the median nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome.
—Anju Goel, Health, 4 Apr. 2025
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Rafaela Pimenta is wearing a beige splint over her left wrist.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Crucially, the muscles of stags that had been hunted to death contained higher levels of lactic acid, while deer from a slaughterhouse who had their limbs immobilized in a splint before their death had lower levels, suggesting that the acid was generated by physical exertion.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025
Splinting or bracing: Wearing a wrist splint at night can relieve pressure on the median nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome.
—Anju Goel, Health, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splint
Noun
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In August, the president announced a deal between the federal government and Nvidia, allowing the American chip producer to sell advanced semiconductors to Chinese buyers in exchange for a 15% cut of the profits.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Cadence has expanded this technology beyond chip design towards creating digital twins of data centers including all the functional components.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Despite being only a sliver in size, the tachocline is believed to be the engine room of the un’s magnetic activity.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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To be clear, when tallying the human cost of these guns-everywhere laws, political assassinations make up a tiny sliver.—
John Feinblatt,
Time,
12 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
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
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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
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Gonadal tissues showed the highest microplastic concentrations, with fibers comprising 85 percent of particles, followed by flakes and films.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Splint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splint. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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