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
Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
The four-county unemployment rate was 4.9% in May, up a sliver from 4.8% in both the previous month and a year earlier.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 June 2025
Peter Burke, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
This all comes despite a setback in October with an E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions on its Quarter Pounders.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 17 Dec. 2024
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Noun
That's outside the 7th District, which is comprised of all or part of Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Livingston and Shiawassee counties and a sliver of Oakland County.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
The four-county unemployment rate was 4.9% in May, up a sliver from 4.8% in both the previous month and a year earlier.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 June 2025
Verb
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in November that slivered onions served on McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers were the probable source of an E. coli outbreak that prompted the fast-food restaurant chain to temporarily stop selling the menu item.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
This all comes despite a setback in October with an E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions on its Quarter Pounders.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sliver
Noun
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In May, Huang said chip restrictions had already cut Nvidia’s China market share nearly in half.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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Despite a $20 billion investment in new chip factories and billions in federal funding, Intel reported significant losses and leadership changes.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Gently press down on each sandwich, then slice in half.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
19 July 2025
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But what happened next was outright pain: The visceral sensation of a scalpel slicing her skin and tearing across her abdomen.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Sowing the seeds of the solar system Meteorites are fragments of asteroids that formed 4.6 billion years ago at the same time that the planets of our solar system were taking shape.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 July 2025
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The company said the debris was nontoxic fiberglass fragments and the pieces were one square foot or smaller.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Scattered throughout were formidable shards of dark chocolate that pleasantly contrasted the creamy base and balanced mint flavor.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 July 2025
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The creator started digging as a teen, when a best friend from school would bring in Throbbing Gristle CDs, which inspired them to hunt for obscure sonic shards to offer in return.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
23 July 2025
Noun
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During this period, Hamas emerged as a powerful splinter of the Muslim Brotherhood movement with the aim of destroying Israel and establishing an Islamist Palestinian state.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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Indeed, the newly fragmented world that Trump is creating could very well splinter climate standards and clean technology supply chains.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Sliver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sliver. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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