as in bits
a very small piece
read them a snippet of his latest poem
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Recent Examples of snippets
The agency's report has been kept private, but attorneys have cited snippets in other public filings that say the results were inconclusive.
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ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Listen to the interview, which includes snippets of his music, or read the transcript.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
Residents are rightfully furious that their voices are systematically marginalized by a process that grants the applicant extensive time and resources while limiting community input to mere three-minute snippets.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
After posting the video on Tuesday, LaRussell doubled down on promoting the untitled track, posting several snippets of himself performing verses.
—Zara Irshad, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
Gamers blasted a demo video shared by Nvidia, which showed snippets from games like the Resident Evil franchise being overlaid with a familiar AI sheen.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026
These are a few of the plentiful subjects broached by the movie, which goes on to encompass snippets of various activist groups, civil liberties attorneys, and local politicians, but all these topics are crammed into a scant 84-minute runtime, and few are given the requisite attention.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
In Sirāt, snippets of radio broadcasts about an unspecified war play in the background, casting a bleak shadow over Luis’s search for his daughter.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Many observers remained unswayed Tuesday, concerned that the snippets of OpenAI’s contract with the Pentagon published by the company remained purposefully vague and provided carve-outs for domestic surveillance by various intelligence agencies within the Defense Department.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 3 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Listen to the interview, which includes snippets of his music, or read the transcript.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
Residents are rightfully furious that their voices are systematically marginalized by a process that grants the applicant extensive time and resources while limiting community input to mere three-minute snippets.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
After posting the video on Tuesday, LaRussell doubled down on promoting the untitled track, posting several snippets of himself performing verses.
—Zara Irshad, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
Gamers blasted a demo video shared by Nvidia, which showed snippets from games like the Resident Evil franchise being overlaid with a familiar AI sheen.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026
These are a few of the plentiful subjects broached by the movie, which goes on to encompass snippets of various activist groups, civil liberties attorneys, and local politicians, but all these topics are crammed into a scant 84-minute runtime, and few are given the requisite attention.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
In Sirāt, snippets of radio broadcasts about an unspecified war play in the background, casting a bleak shadow over Luis’s search for his daughter.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Many observers remained unswayed Tuesday, concerned that the snippets of OpenAI’s contract with the Pentagon published by the company remained purposefully vague and provided carve-outs for domestic surveillance by various intelligence agencies within the Defense Department.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snippets
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In another part of the factory, a worker used a wooden stick, like a tongue compressor at a doctor’s office, to scrape excess bits of explosive out of the grooves inside each shell, ensuring that the base would screw on smoothly.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Even more concerning than the plastic bits in our organs is the chemicals that come with them.—
Shanna Swan,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Keep an eye out for tiny brown or orange specks, especially around door edges, undercarriage and seams.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Learning how to apply mascara correctly can level up your whole eye look—but without the proper technique, even the best mascara can leave you with clumps, smears, or black specks across your face.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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This is the first time the city’s office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency has offered assistance for organics recycling, which separates food scraps from other waste for processing into compost, a soil fertilizer.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Nightcrawlers thrive on organic food scraps such as coffee grounds, crushed egg shells, potato peels, and other veggie scraps.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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The particles that make up these dark nebulae are of a finite size, and that size is extremely good at absorbing visible light.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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Although extremely rare, a condition called rhabdomyolysis can occur when your kidneys are overwhelmed with particles from muscle breakdown and can cause permanent kidney damage.—
Brad Stulberg,
Outside,
26 Mar. 2026
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Berber carpet Berber is a type of loop pile carpet with flecks of color.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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Using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry, scholars determined that the ancient off-white fluid was composed of calcite, huntite, and miniscule flecks of yellow orpiment, a highly toxic sulfide of arsenic that Egyptians also used in medicine to treat syphilis and malaria.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
9 Mar. 2026
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Acoustic and clean electric guitars, an electric piano, a clavinet, Mellotron patches, a nice acoustic piano, and a tonewheel organ are also available.—
Jamie Lendino,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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Formulated with three powerful ingredients, these pads are designed to refine pores, soothe damaged skin and help fade the look of uneven patches.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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The possibility of a Chase and Taylor flirtation causing a rift with Miranda is briefly raised and just as swiftly quashed — through large mouthfuls of chips and salsa, Taylor assures Miranda at the sip-and-see that there is no there there.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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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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These differ in how its molecules organize and bond.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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To prevent the genetic material from disassembling too quickly, vaccine developers enclose the mRNA in a specialized mix of tiny fatty molecules called lipid nanoparticles.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Snippets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snippets. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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