as in bit
a very small piece
read them a snippet of his latest poem
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Recent Examples of snippet
Rather than dismissing the barrage, Tech delivered a cappella snippets from multiple tracks spanning his decades-long catalog, drawing one of the night’s strongest reactions.
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Kansas City Star, 25 May 2026
Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Fox News released snippets of Hannity's interview before the full interview from Beijing airs on Thursday evening.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 May 2026
After sharing a snippet of the track with Holland, McCartney discusses witnessing his mother’s courage and profession as a midwife.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
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Kansas City Star, 25 May 2026
Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Fox News released snippets of Hannity's interview before the full interview from Beijing airs on Thursday evening.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 May 2026
After sharing a snippet of the track with Holland, McCartney discusses witnessing his mother’s courage and profession as a midwife.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snippet
Noun
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Maybe get him in motion a little bit more.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2026
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There was always a little bit of John in each one of his performances.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Most astronomers now agree that each of these minuscule crimson specks—which bear a striking resemblance to enormous, faraway stars—actually has a burgeoning black hole at its center.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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There are blue spots, specks, scratches, flares, and bits of crud in almost ALL of the Apollo photos.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The team then used ultrasonication, a technique that uses high-frequency sound waves to agitate and process materials, and broke the bulk liquid metal into fine particles.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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So by necessity, the encoding must be approximate, and therefore some aspects of what’s going on in the space-time can’t be perfectly recovered by measuring a subset of the quantum particles in the usual way.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
3 June 2026
Noun
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The food scraps and stalks are brought to the lab where they're dried, ground up and mixed with various natural binders and fillers leading to a compostable alternative to cement or epoxies.—
Marcella Baietto,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Repeat with second batch of dough scraps.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 June 2026
Noun
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For bees and pollinators, any patch of flowering plants in summer works.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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To add to it, apply a bit of your favorite spot treatment or a pimple patch.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
Noun
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From the train windows, expect to spot the aquamarine waves of Ligurian Sea crashing against the stony coast, candy-colored houses huddled together on the hillsides, tiny wooden boats gliding through village harbors, and flecks of golden-sand beaches.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 June 2026
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The light had a wintry grain, with flecks of color suspended in it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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As the snakes leap, jump and slither in a bid to escape, Kennedy manages to grab one in each hand, narrowly dodging their attempts to snag a mouthful of his skin.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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The new mouthful of a name is Signia by Hilton Diplomat Beach Resort.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Angie is made more complex inside a later version, who is bruised and angry, ready to rip any and everyone to shreds.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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The camera locks Henri in its sights, catching his every empty boast and complicit deed as Hitler’s Final Solution looms, and offering nary a shred of redemption or reassurance.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 May 2026
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“Snippet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snippet. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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