as in bits
a very small piece
read them a snippet of his latest poem
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Recent Examples of snippets
Fans were treated to short voice memos — including snippets of Styles singing teases of new music — and a gradual drip of album details.
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Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Shutter speed for controlling the exposure Cameras are excellent at recording exact snippets in time, but the end result will only be as good as your equipment.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors during the proceeding played 911 calls and snippets of Rosa’s interview with police.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
Patrick’s agreement with prosecutors includes snippets of text messages exchanged between him and Kowalczyk in 2020, which were recovered after the couple’s home was raided by federal agents in February 2023.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
The short promo features Peter Claffey introducing himself as Ser Duncan the Tall, with snippets of sword fighting and a familiar-looking Game of Thrones landscape.
—Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Kelly also features snippets from the book on his TikTok page (@Human_History_On_Durgs) and Instagram (@Human_History_On_Drugs).
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
They can be found on our YouTube channel, which is Echoes of the City KC, along with other shorts and snippets of the other documentaries.
—Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
The channel garnered millions of subscribers, showcasing snippets of the family's daily life, in addition to skits starring the children.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Shutter speed for controlling the exposure Cameras are excellent at recording exact snippets in time, but the end result will only be as good as your equipment.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors during the proceeding played 911 calls and snippets of Rosa’s interview with police.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
Patrick’s agreement with prosecutors includes snippets of text messages exchanged between him and Kowalczyk in 2020, which were recovered after the couple’s home was raided by federal agents in February 2023.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
The short promo features Peter Claffey introducing himself as Ser Duncan the Tall, with snippets of sword fighting and a familiar-looking Game of Thrones landscape.
—Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Kelly also features snippets from the book on his TikTok page (@Human_History_On_Durgs) and Instagram (@Human_History_On_Drugs).
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
They can be found on our YouTube channel, which is Echoes of the City KC, along with other shorts and snippets of the other documentaries.
—Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
The channel garnered millions of subscribers, showcasing snippets of the family's daily life, in addition to skits starring the children.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snippets
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Rather than turn them into a harsh awakening, however, writer-director Walter Thompson-Hernández makes a refreshing point of holding fast to big dreams and bits of poetry anyway — not to deny the realities of life, but to embrace it in all its bittersweet richness.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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The older one does Warners cartoon bits, really old-fashioned, cheap-ass funny vaudeville stuff.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Also known as sunspots, solar lentigines, or liver spots, age spots are additional specks and bits of pigment caused by excessive sun exposure.—
Essence,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2026
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Volcanic specks mushroom up from topaz seas, like a real estate brochure for The Man With The Golden Gun.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Take the quiz here … BUCKLE UP – Major airline scraps two signature policies many passengers long depended on.—
,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Cioppino is a result of their resourcefulness, tossing seafood scraps into stockpots, down on Fisherman’s Wharf.—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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With radiation detectors lining the insides of those tanks, the properties of the incoming particles can be reconstructed.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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If two particles come from related sources, their relative momenta carry a fingerprint of that relationship.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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The remaining scenes draw on familiar teenage horror tropes, with flecks of fresh insight.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Even just sitting in a humid cabinet can lead to flecks of rust on a cast-iron pan.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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Even Apple itself understands this, which is why the iPhone maker offers security patches to those who want to stay on iOS 18 — up until a point.—
Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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But because of the below-freezing temperatures, there may still be patches of ice lurking.—
Morayo Ogunbayo,
AJC.com,
27 Jan. 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
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This improves access for ions and molecules, which matters for batteries and chemical sensing.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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The finding, Araki said, suggests that many more molecules containing sulfur, perhaps even larger, could be detected in the future.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Snippets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snippets. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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