as in bits
a very small piece
read them a snippet of his latest poem
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Recent Examples of snippets
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.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2025
Mason shared snippets from the fun day on TikTok, and the video went viral, amassing over 356,000 views.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Couples can review the photo booth images and enjoy snippets of unscripted and unposed moments from the party.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The doc features snippets of national TV coverage of the case.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
The best and the loopiest of the snippets are also the most personal.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Her first movie as director, 1987’s Heaven, is a quasi-experimental work made up of old movie clips, newsreel and documentary snippets, and ruminations on eternity by a couple dozen interviewees, including her mother Dorothy and her sister Dorrie.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
The celebratory July 4 meal would certainly have kept the innkeeper, Daniel Smith, busy replenishing the finest bottles of Madeira from behind the locked bar—perhaps overhearing snippets of chatter among the delegates.
—Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
His name graces snippets of poems and songs graffitied in alleyways.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2025
Mason shared snippets from the fun day on TikTok, and the video went viral, amassing over 356,000 views.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Couples can review the photo booth images and enjoy snippets of unscripted and unposed moments from the party.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The doc features snippets of national TV coverage of the case.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
The best and the loopiest of the snippets are also the most personal.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Her first movie as director, 1987’s Heaven, is a quasi-experimental work made up of old movie clips, newsreel and documentary snippets, and ruminations on eternity by a couple dozen interviewees, including her mother Dorothy and her sister Dorrie.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
The celebratory July 4 meal would certainly have kept the innkeeper, Daniel Smith, busy replenishing the finest bottles of Madeira from behind the locked bar—perhaps overhearing snippets of chatter among the delegates.
—Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
His name graces snippets of poems and songs graffitied in alleyways.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snippets
Noun
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Time in the age of screens was rapidly changing, brazenly commercializing, exploding into bits and then getting distributed across multiple venues and devices.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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All the best bits, all the comedy and magic, but in a totally original space and setting.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The pattern is a brownish batik produced by specks of tobacco.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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After a few days’ travel, some of the specks landed on a buoy floating in the North Atlantic off the coast of French Guyana.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Also try the herbed cavatelli in lamb ragout − one of my favorite pasta dishes in town − or the duck confit served on a bed of creamy cassoulet beans cooked low and slow in a stock of ham scraps and leeks.—
Keith Pandolfi,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Oct. 2025
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So when Luise was frustrated by her experiments with canvas one afternoon at MacDowell and threw her scraps into her studio’s fireplace, Morton was there to witness the epiphany that followed.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These particles capture and transform substances like arsenic, lead, and mercury, as well as organic toxins and microplastics.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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The jet is likely made up of carbon dioxide and dust particles—just like what was spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope back in August.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The light brown hair, worn in an all-purpose crop, bears flecks of gray.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
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Yes, these flecks are seeds that were once inside of a vanilla bean, confirms Britton.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Participating locations will collect tablets, capsules, patches and other forms of prescription drugs, officials said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the past two years, historic droughts have left wide dry patches where deep channels once flowed.—
Isa Cardona,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
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Even the fluorescence from tiny ruby crystals helped measure the pressure, while Raman spectroscopy revealed how the water molecules were dancing inside.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
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These act as a sieve for water molecules.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Snippets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snippets. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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