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splinter

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




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He had previously told the court the group was a splinter of the online Irish Citizens Army which communicated on the messaging app Signal, RTÉ has reported.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The bloc of governors would have to splinter before a majority of Fed voters in favor of a hike could carry the day.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

President Bola Tinubu said the attackers were militants from Ansaru, a Boko Haram splinter group known to operate in central Nigeria, extending into the southwest.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

The fragile consensus on flattery was starting to splinter, a trend captured by Britain’s MI6.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

She worked the splinter loose with her tongue and teeth and began to reckon up the too-few options left to her.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

It might be best not to think about splinters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

I also wanted to understand if my treatment, which forced me to excavate painful childhood memories lodged beneath the surface, like splinters the skin had long healed over, could help others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Speak the speech, I pray you, but not in such a way that splinters the overall story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Most top directors can’t act to save their lives, which is why they tend to appear as themselves and stick out like splinters.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

All hands remained on or below the desks, etched with initials, new with splinters, brown with age.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

“Immediately noticeable were the sagging eaves, the multitude of leaks from the roof, the dried out, splintered mahogany and the battered exterior woodwork, which had suffered seven decades of winds from the Sound.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Orator William M. Evarts declared: “I tell you that when the statue of Washington sustains in its firm hand the splintered flag-staff of Fort Sumter, it means something.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

The early ratings show the enduring power of live sporting events and their ability to draw mass audiences at a time when streaming video has splintered viewership .

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Its army eventually withdrew and the Islamist militants left behind splintered and turned against each other.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

Glass shattered, the frame splintered and snapped, and I pulled the photo loose from the mess.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Here’s what’s grabbed my attention: Thursday’s tech takedown, and a market that’s increasingly splintering.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 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

Instead, the middle class is splintering along generational lines.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

“Even if there is some post-crackdown splintering, the nucleus of the regime now has even more incentive to stick together.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

Nhamo had tried to copy him, but wound up splintering the wood instead.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer


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