shred
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3.5
- noun
- /ʃrɛd/
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- Raab carefully examined the handful of surviving documents, hoping to turn up some shred of information.
- a shred of evidence
You're developing the shreds of self esteem, right?
- You're developing the shreds of self esteem, right?
- Your problem is that you're cowards without a shred of scientific integrity.
- There wasn't a single shred of make up on her entire face.
- Not not a shred of evidence to support that.
- Their strategy is to get to wipe Netscape off the planet, not leave one shred of that company left.
- Faced faced with these denials, Trump has not produced a shred of evidence.
- Hang on to your hat, because they may very well weaponize that little shred of wisdom to control you further.
- In other words, we may end up seeing a shred of truth, a grain of truth in what it is this other person is saying.
- There's not a shred of of controlled research that proves this or even suggests that this is true.
- There's not a shred of evidence that the LGBTQ plus community has some radical agenda to whack wieners off of kids in schools.
Examples
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There's not a shred of of controlled research that proves this or even suggests that this is true.
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All the police have to do is find one shred of evidence and it's off to hell you go.
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I could have looked all day and not found a shred of evidence.
Fiction book (1993) -
Can we just keep just a small shred of mystery in our relationship, please?
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If she has a shred of self dignity, she will not take him back.
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I had to leave while I still had a shred of dignity.
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How could he find a single shred of evidence to connect Davis?
Fiction book (1993) -
I haven't got one shred of real evidence to back it up, okay?
Fiction book (1994) -
A groan came from his throat, destroying the last shred of his control.
Fiction book (1994) -
All the police needed was a single shred of evidence to solve the case.
Synonyms
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3.2
A small piece broken off something larger
179
2.1
A small piece left over or thrown away
69
3.5
A small piece taken from something larger, like a newspaper article or plant for growing
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7.7
A very small amount, almost nothing
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7.9
A very small amount of something
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7.3
A very small amount, like a tiny bit of salt
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8.6
A very small amount of something
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9.9
A very small amount of something that is hard to notice
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9.9
A very small amount or sign
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4.1
A small piece you cut off with scissors or shears
A very small amount, almost none
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Etymology
Shred comes from an old English word scred meaning 'a piece', and it is linked to words about cutting like shear. So a shred can mean a very small or almost invisible amount of something, like a shred of hope.