sliver
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A big TAM tells investors that capturing even a sliver of the market could mean a great business.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
To be sure, these products still represent just a sliver of overall ETF assets, even if they’re among the hottest categories for new fund launches in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
Every winter, a sliver of the South Australian coast hosts the world's largest mating event for giant cuttlefish.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Would he have imagined in the late 1980s that 30 years later, Sony would be primarily an entertainment company, its consumer-electronics business a sliver of its former size?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
After playing in it she speared a sliver and ate it.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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Thin-sliced celery or carrots, fennel shaved translucent, a few slivers of red onion or scallions, even cucumbers if you’re craving something clean and cold.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
It also sees its role of defending Thailand's territorial claims as a sacred one, even though this conflict is about tiny slivers of mostly unpopulated land.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Here Mr. Stoppard managed to impart a few slivers of his deep knowledge of literary history while exploring the universal theme of a love that cannot find expression or recompense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
In the resulting paintings, the small photographic moments are reduced to tiny slivers emerging from the paint, playing a delightful game of hide-and-seek.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Jacquel opened the Kelvinator’s door, put the plastic jars with their slivers of spleen, of kidney, of liver, of heart, inside.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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