- present participle of splinter.
splintering
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Here’s what’s grabbed my attention: Thursday’s tech takedown, and a market that’s increasingly splintering.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Many see the AI trade, once a monolithic bet on chip stocks and hyperscalers, splintering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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
Dramatic video footage from Long Beach shows massive waves slamming into the shoreline and splintering the wood on the boardwalk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Then the walkways started to heave up and down, making terrible splintering noises.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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