as in bits
a very small piece
read them a snippet of his latest poem
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Recent Examples of snippets
Hadid shared a few behind-the-scenes snippets from a recent Miss Sixty campaign photoshoot in what appears to be a gorgeous seaside home or hotel, resplendent with ornate antique furniture.
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Apr. 2026
The alternately gloomy and euphoric pop songs cut and paste snippets of UK pirate radio culture and New York’s Paradise Garage.
—Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026
Lucky fans who received the vinyl, which arrived two weeks after the LP released, have been posting snippets of the bonus song online.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
The skit, posted by influencer Micky Gordon, features snippets from Gomez's day in the office with her new Rare Beauty assistant, played by Gordon.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
That makes sense, given she's used to broadcasting snippets of her life to her more than 7 million TikTok followers and nearly 4 million on Instagram.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
In downtown Fort Worth, former employees slipped in to hug and chat with past colleagues and bosses, creating little emotional snippets mostly unseen by busy, preoccupied shoppers.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
The agency’s report has been kept private, but attorneys have cited snippets in other public filings that say the results were inconclusive.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Just snippets of all those scenes.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Apr. 2026
The alternately gloomy and euphoric pop songs cut and paste snippets of UK pirate radio culture and New York’s Paradise Garage.
—Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026
Lucky fans who received the vinyl, which arrived two weeks after the LP released, have been posting snippets of the bonus song online.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
The skit, posted by influencer Micky Gordon, features snippets from Gomez's day in the office with her new Rare Beauty assistant, played by Gordon.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
That makes sense, given she's used to broadcasting snippets of her life to her more than 7 million TikTok followers and nearly 4 million on Instagram.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
In downtown Fort Worth, former employees slipped in to hug and chat with past colleagues and bosses, creating little emotional snippets mostly unseen by busy, preoccupied shoppers.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
The agency’s report has been kept private, but attorneys have cited snippets in other public filings that say the results were inconclusive.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Just snippets of all those scenes.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snippets
Noun
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About 80 times heavier than protons, W bosons are among the heaviest of nature’s fundamental particles, which can’t be broken down into smaller bits.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
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There may be no documents in the libraries, but the trees hold bits and shards of this land’s collective memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Keep an eye out for tiny brown or orange specks, especially around door edges, undercarriage, and seams.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
25 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
Noun
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That’s a change from post-pandemic habits when, too often, one blockbuster would suck up all the oxygen at multiplexes and leave the rest of the new releases to settle for scraps.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Dining Area The table was made by sculptor Bryan Hunt out of scraps from the apartment where Poe grew up.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
4 Apr. 2026
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Take a room full of particles, for instance, where half of the particles are cold (low in kinetic energy, moving slowly, with a long timescale in between collisions) and half of the particles are hot (high in kinetic energy, moving rapidly, with short timescales separating successive collisions).—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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As free quarks cannot exist in isolation, quarks produced from the vacuum immediately combine into composite particles called hyperons.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Choose sustainable solutions, not quick, leaky patches.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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But there are patches of sun, too.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Through a specialized molten salt treatment, the long polymer chains in polyethylene are broken down into fuel-grade molecules.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Much like having a cold, the subsequent congestion can then block odor molecules from reaching olfactory receptors.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Snippets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snippets. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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