as in sliver
a small sharp piece of something (such as glass or pottery)
Watch out for the shards of glass on the floor.
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Recent Examples of shard
The human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards—not a spoonful, but the same weight (about seven grams) as a plastic spoon, according to new findings published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Those shards, smaller than the eye can see, were concentrated in the walls of arteries and veins of brain as well as in the brain’s immune cells.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Here, one-of-a-kind shards of chrysocolla evoke the ocean waters and the fish found within.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
After applying the juice to the windshield, rinse it off with tepid water and use the lemon to remove any remaining shards.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Those shards, smaller than the eye can see, were concentrated in the walls of arteries and veins of brain as well as in the brain’s immune cells.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Here, one-of-a-kind shards of chrysocolla evoke the ocean waters and the fish found within.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
After applying the juice to the windshield, rinse it off with tepid water and use the lemon to remove any remaining shards.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shard
Noun
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Niemelä never looked the part of an NHL defenceman, but maybe there’s a team that still sees a sliver of hope.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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The wealth gap Black people consistently hold a tiny sliver of the overall wealth of the United States.—
Ben Berkowitz,
Axios,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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These worms have long white tentacles and live in tubes made of coral fragments.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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Today, their bones are few and far between, found typically in isolation and in fragments.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The particles can pass through any kind of matter and contain information about some of the most energetic events in the universe, such as gamma-ray bursts.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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In effect, the particles accelerate by surfing on these waves.—
The Physics arXiv Blog,
Discover Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Coincidentally, also visible in the new images is the planet Mercury, appearing as a tiny speck of light gliding closer to the sun.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Such heady heights look like a speck on the horizon right now, and the question is how small that prospect needs to shrink for anger in the stands to rise again.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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From Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to YouTuber MrBeast, the growing list of speculative buyers continues to give fans and users of the app a glimmer of hope.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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As such, the Biden administration’s decision to remove Cuba from the terrorist list gives a glimmer of hope to Cubans who need support from the outside.—
Jason M. Blazakis,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Vigorously whisk together 2 eggs and a splash of lukewarm water until the mixture is frothy and bubbly.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2025
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Maybe a splash of sherry vinegar or a big squeeze of lemon goes in at the end.—
Emma Laperruque,
Bon Appétit,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The song structures melt into goo; the lyrics pelt flecks of raw feeling.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
3 Dec. 2024
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Each light is attached to a green string to easily blend into your tree, and once the lights are turned on, the liquid inside each bulb bubbles to reveal floating flecks of gold glitter to make your tree shine.—
Kaitlin Gates,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Trump is a reverse Trojan Horse: a shred of reason inside a thick armor of malignancy.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Every one of his releases is part of a master plan: to develop tools that lay waste to every last hoary shred of club convention.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Shard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shard. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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