splinter
noun
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
have splintered
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present perfectof splinter.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The game, where contestants guess the letters of a mystery word or phrase, has been part of the TV landscape ever since, surviving huge changes that have splintered the mass audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025
The investigations have splintered the Thomas Jefferson community.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023
Larger groups have splintered but the overall number of participants has also grown, Hofmann said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 4, 2022
For a start both teams, for and against independence, have splintered.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2022
It must have splintered many of the city’s wood-and-plaster buildings; fallen torches and scattered cooking fires would have ignited the debris, burning down most surviving structures.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
