as in chip
a small flat piece separated from a whole
a splint off the board
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Recent Examples of splint
For Grade 3 sprains, a brace, splint, or cast is likely required for several weeks.
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Laura Schober, Health, 16 Jan. 2025
Not only do intraoral scanners allow for better fittings of crowns, dentures and splints, but due to the digital nature of the process, dental professionals can more easily assess and correct any errors with the impressions along the way compared to traditional methods.
—Cindy Roark, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
To avoid problems like shin splints, ease into incline walking, starting with a slower pace and incline.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2024
His entire left leg was stabilized in a vacuum splint, which is done when there is concern for severe instability or fracture.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Near-field communication chips are small silicon chips that enable wireless communication between two electronic devices.—
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The processor isn't commercially available, of course, and will likely only be used for evaluation, simulations, and developing future chips.—
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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.—
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The wealth gap Black people consistently hold a tiny sliver of the overall wealth of the United States.—
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Raw edges add to the appeal but may cause splinters when handling.—
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Be sure to include tweezers for removing splinters or ticks, gauze for bleeding, antibiotic ointment, blister treatment, children’s pain reliever and antihistamine, antiseptic wipes, and lots of bandages.—
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These worms have long white tentacles and live in tubes made of coral fragments.—
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Today, their bones are few and far between, found typically in isolation and in fragments.—
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The researchers behind the brain plastics study think the tiny shards of plastic hitch a ride on fat molecules to get inside brain cells.—
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Overall, cadaver brain samples contained seven to 30 times more tiny shards of plastic than their kidneys and liver, said co-lead study author Matthew Campen, Regents’ Professor and professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.—
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Even within a group—the flakes so numerous as to be seemingly uncountable—no two, we were told, are exactly alike.—
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Large flakes fell at a lively rate and in a few hours the snow was three inches deep.—
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“Splint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splint. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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