sneak peek
noun
1
: a secret look
She took a sneak peek at the birthday presents hidden in the closet.
2
: a brief showing
We saw a sneak peek of the movie that will be released next month.
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Eager for a sneak peek, engineers used the spacecraft's smaller, slower antenna to trickle home just one-quarter of a single frame from JUICE's Navigation Camera (NavCam), a low-resolution imager designed not for science but for navigating JUICE around Jupiter's icy moons after its 2031 arrival.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Related Stories Showrunner Ira Parker was on hand at HBO Max‘s presentation in London on Wednesday to give the audience a sneak peek of what to expect.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
The pair’s chemistry is palpable in the trailer — released last month on Crave’s accounts and last week on HBO Max’s accounts — and that chemistry only increased tenfold in the sneak peek released last week.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Romano and Rosenthal had gotten an early sneak peek, which was not in the final cut.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Related Stories Showrunner Ira Parker was on hand at HBO Max‘s presentation in London on Wednesday to give the audience a sneak peek of what to expect.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
The pair’s chemistry is palpable in the trailer — released last month on Crave’s accounts and last week on HBO Max’s accounts — and that chemistry only increased tenfold in the sneak peek released last week.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Romano and Rosenthal had gotten an early sneak peek, which was not in the final cut.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Sneak peek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sneak%20peek. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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