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as in specks
a very small piece
she left only a bit of the broccoli on her plate
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2
as in pieces
a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete
bits of cookie scattered on the table
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as in splashes
a very small amount
I'll have only a bit of food right now
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as in whiles
an indefinite but usually short period of time
this will only take a bit
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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 goal is to sit at the center of every money move—paying rent, parking spare cash in a three-month T-bill, even accessing emergency funds on a Sunday—while quietly automating the bits that don't need hands-on attention.
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Jamie Elkaleh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Scientists thought these spiky bits might be spiny scales, like those found on the bodies of rays and sharks.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The video then shows the moment a bolt of lightning struck the tree, sending bits of bark flying through the air.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
In particular, the bacon bits were chilled and all stuck together in one big, congealed lump along the inside of the bowl.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Lapaglia and Richards, hosts of the Barstool Sports podcast BFFs, are known for sharing their personal and hilarious bits to their 400,000 monthly listeners.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The whales are mainly gray with bits of white patches on their undersides and have extremely big heads that make up one-third of their entire body length, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Over the last few months, David Ellison’s desire to buy The Free Press and install founder Bari Weiss somewhere atop CBS News has leaked out in bits, in Status, The New York Times, and Puck.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But compared to all the gossipy bits in The Age of Innocence or The Custom of the Country, this novel is dry like toast.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Jamie Elkaleh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Scientists thought these spiky bits might be spiny scales, like those found on the bodies of rays and sharks.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The video then shows the moment a bolt of lightning struck the tree, sending bits of bark flying through the air.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
In particular, the bacon bits were chilled and all stuck together in one big, congealed lump along the inside of the bowl.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Lapaglia and Richards, hosts of the Barstool Sports podcast BFFs, are known for sharing their personal and hilarious bits to their 400,000 monthly listeners.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The whales are mainly gray with bits of white patches on their undersides and have extremely big heads that make up one-third of their entire body length, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Over the last few months, David Ellison’s desire to buy The Free Press and install founder Bari Weiss somewhere atop CBS News has leaked out in bits, in Status, The New York Times, and Puck.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But compared to all the gossipy bits in The Age of Innocence or The Custom of the Country, this novel is dry like toast.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bits
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After a few days’ travel, some of the specks landed on a buoy floating in the North Atlantic off the coast of French Guyana.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Now for other people whose crepe myrtles look like yours, black bark and white specks are classic signs of crepe myrtle scales.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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All of those pieces add cost, but the full cure is the most important thing.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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With so much fashion existing online, there’s something refreshing about trying pieces on in-store after eyeing them first on a little screen.—
Libby Page,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The water-resistant outer material guards your essentials against splashes, while elastic straps and multiple pockets help keep your bottles upright.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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And the American redstart — a jetblack little fellow with orange splashes — pretty much stopped breeding here in the early 2000s.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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The free festival will include farm-stand produce, cider treats, local artisans and live music.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Farther along, candies are packed into boxes by hand, readying them to join the roughly 3 million treats Rebecca Ruth sells each year.—
Robin Roenker,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This area of open magnetic fields more easily releases charged particles into space.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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It is composed of smaller particles called quarks and gluons, bound by the strong interaction.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Archaeologists have found bone fragments, arrowheads, and even the calcified remains of a young girl in a section called Skeleton’s Gorge—evidence that Native Americans may have used the caverns as far back as 500 years ago.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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The few companies that received medicinal licenses were left with fragments of the legal whiskey that remained, and the individuals allowed to distribute had plenty of new protocols to follow.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The pattern continues without the game, with the introduction of Kai Havertz and Noni Madueke doing little to improve things.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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While the regulator polices insider trading and market manipulation, companies are allowed to publish the bare minimum in public reporting, which does little to reassure skeptical investors.—
Wael Mahdi,
semafor.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Start with small acts of inclusion and put inclusion into action.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The acts also got the chance to meet members of the royal family.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Bits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bits. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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