- present participle of splinter.
splintering
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Many see the AI trade, once a monolithic bet on chip stocks and hyperscalers, splintering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
These surge for tens of kilometers, splintering trees, igniting forests and burying the remnants beneath hot ash and pumice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The splintering of mass media, the confluence of a cultural icon whose priorities are so admirable — the zeitgeist will simply never again support someone so pure of heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Individual investors kicked off 2026 by taking a page from the playbook of global central banks and stockpiling gold as a hedge against a splintering world order.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
Then it seized the boat, and the entire structure was flung up into the air, cracking and splintering as it landed again on the waves.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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