bits

plural of bit
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as in acts
a performance regularly presented by an individual or group known for a comedic bit in which she portrayed a very nervous student driver

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as in treats
something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury wielding silver trays, the servers offered partygoers a variety of exotic-looking bits

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Recent Examples of bits The track, which blends smooth R&B vocals with contemporary pop production, came almost a decade after bits of the song first leaked on social media. Caché McClay, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Lechter selected the best bits and organized them into six lessons spread over 10 chapters. Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026 Currently, the novel method can only produce milligram-sized bits of color, and the team is investigating ways to scale the strategy. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026 Those bits consist of the best-ever everything bagel seasoning, which is paired with a creamy sunflower dressing. Anthony Todd, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 All night, bits of refuse on the wet floor of the North County Transfer Station have had time to mingle and ferment in the persistent coastal humidity. Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026 The breakthrough clue was its cnidocysts, specialized cells found in invertebrates such as jellyfish and corals that contain their stinging bits. Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026 Several veterans, including Marlon Humphrey, have featured him in social media bits. Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 My most memorable taste, however, was the day’s market catch, a mix of little-neck clams, octopus, and tilefish, served in a bowl of savory brodo made from leftover fish bones and bits. Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bits
Noun
  • Calcium shows up as bright white specks on the coronary artery images.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Pulse a few times, until crumbs range in size from specks to peas.
    Leah Eskin, Midwest Living, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • San Francisco Animal Care & Control said the green parrot became stuck between two pieces of glass on a third-floor balcony of a building under construction.
    Kat Filardi, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Was Zeuxis’s imitation in this instance a case of gathering (breaking up the models, then collecting and aggregating pieces) or a case of transformation (merging and blending some parts or traits into a smooth and seamless new whole)?
    Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Built in a distinctively analog way, the rooms create the illusion of endless space through the use of light, mirrors and splashes of color.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The company has built a reputation in the investment world for backing companies that have made big splashes, including Uber, Waymo and Discord.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • UCHealth’s decision to postpone surgeries whiles staff addressed the sterilization problem stands out from other hospitals that have found themselves in similar situations.
    Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These belated acts of institutional integration are part of a necessary and long overdue revision of West German art history’s mechanisms of exclusion.
    Elisa R. Linn, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Its most prominent acts include Junior H, Fuerza Regida and Peso Pluma.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Yeo recommends keeping treats below 10% of a cat’s daily calories or using part of the regular food allowance as rewards.
    Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Although El-Sayed has never said anything nearly as inflammatory as the sorts of comments Piker makes routinely, his mixture of anti-Zionism and populism treats pro-Israel activism as a nefarious and all-pervasive force.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • The investigation report also said the fire resulted from hot metal particles falling onto vegetation below the tower, which had not been cleared in years.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • These trails form when aircraft engine emissions encounter extremely cold air found at high altitudes, causing tiny ice particles to develop.
    Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • Ancient dirty dishes University of South Carolina archaeologist Adam King and his colleagues found fragments of ancient DNA from Theobroma cacao in the inner surfaces of potsherds from long-ago feasts at Etowah.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The study combined technological, petrographic, and geochemical analyses of pottery fragments recovered from a kiln at Qurayyah.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Bits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bits. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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