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splinter

[splin-ter] / ˈsplɪn tər /
NOUN
thin piece of solid
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STRONG




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But regional cooperation doesn’t need to splinter the world entirely.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

From hosting streaming events at the Three Sisters pub in the capital, a splinter group has formed and they now attend ice hockey games together.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

She trained in classical arts—voice and dance—and common notions of beauty are present in her music, yet she seems equally determined to splinter her tracks into pieces via technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Ours is a history in which New York robber barons used the promise of belonging to splinter the poor into factions and manipulate them into fighting among themselves during the Gilded Age.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026

The next morning, at school, everything seemed back to normal, but she knew something had changed, and she held this knowledge inside her like a splinter, something she was careful not to touch.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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