as in bites
a small amount of food eaten between meals
He had a snack of chips and dip. I didn't have time for lunch, so I just grabbed a quick/light snack.
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Recent Examples of snacks
Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
The complimentary minibar, stocked with New Harbor Distillery gin and whisky, South African wines and craft beer, coffee, tea, soft drinks, and local snacks, is a nice touch.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
One thing to note is that the Adirondack doesn’t have sleeper cars; there’s only coach seating, along with a café car for snacks and drinks.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Beats the usual airplane snacks.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
This was the second year for the festival, and just as the parade wound down on the street out front, children and their families walked in from the drizzle for popcorn, snacks, drawing, games and just a lot of running around on play mats.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Some families get home too late and need to use snacks to supplement meals when their schedules don't allow for dinner prep mid-afternoon.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 Mar. 2026
The service was held at the Communications Workers of America Local 3821 union hall, with plenty of snacks — two facts that would have brought her joy.
—Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
All those years of spilt juice and milk, of sandy or muddy footprints, of hands sticky from snacks and art works—no deep cleaning would make the fabric look new again.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
Bring a blanket, your favorite snacks and have a picnic on the lawn near the central garden.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
The complimentary minibar, stocked with New Harbor Distillery gin and whisky, South African wines and craft beer, coffee, tea, soft drinks, and local snacks, is a nice touch.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
One thing to note is that the Adirondack doesn’t have sleeper cars; there’s only coach seating, along with a café car for snacks and drinks.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Beats the usual airplane snacks.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
This was the second year for the festival, and just as the parade wound down on the street out front, children and their families walked in from the drizzle for popcorn, snacks, drawing, games and just a lot of running around on play mats.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Some families get home too late and need to use snacks to supplement meals when their schedules don't allow for dinner prep mid-afternoon.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 6 Mar. 2026
The service was held at the Communications Workers of America Local 3821 union hall, with plenty of snacks — two facts that would have brought her joy.
—Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
All those years of spilt juice and milk, of sandy or muddy footprints, of hands sticky from snacks and art works—no deep cleaning would make the fabric look new again.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snacks
Noun
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Get it, before your next TV bites the dust!—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
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Sample bites from Cincinnati's restaurant scene Enjoy unlimited small plates and food samples, two drink tickets, a live DJ and oversized games.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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People taking anticoagulants can also experience serious bleeds from small cuts or grazes, uncontrolled nosebleeds, blood in the urine and, more rarely, brain hemorrhages or bleeding in the lungs.—
David Cox,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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As a journalist with a deep interest in our public lands, and a working rancher who grazes his own cattle on BLM ground in the same part of Montana where AP has been acquiring land, McKean is uniquely positioned at the intersection of all this.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But is there enough meat on the bones of this HBO dark comedy to sustain an audience through the nibbles of mystery for the next six Sundays?—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2026
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Easy snacks and nibbles that are comfortable, elegant and, yes, perfectly matched to a cocktail, martini or otherwise.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Snacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snacks. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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