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sound bite

noun

Definition of sound bite

as in clip

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Recent Examples of sound bite On Tuesday, April 14, the 22-year-old content creator posted an Instagram Reel compiling sound bites from his upcoming podcast, Chronically Online with Harry Daniels. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026 Those 35 seconds will go down in sideline interview history, as one in-game sound bite that actually meant something, sent up a flashing red flag that alerted all to keep watching. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026 Our colleagues and our clients want authenticity, not sound bites and hashtags. — Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 8 Mar. 2026 Energy vampires are everywhere, thirsty for a selfie or a sound bite or a Zoom. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sound bite

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At the current clip, they are predicted to give up 5,168 yards, smashing the 2011 Packers’ record of 4,988.

— Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
In this alternate timeline, as the clip previews, the webslinger’s origin story features a mentorship by Norman Osborn (of Oscorp fame), the alter ego to bitter enemy Green Goblin, instead of Tony Stark.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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BetterDays Grip Powder is formulated to lift, condition and smooth the roots and contains arrowroot extract, provitamin B5, vitamin E and sunflower extract.

— Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Laboratory and animal studies have shown that butterfly pea plant extracts have antidiabetic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, diuretic, antidepressant, and memory-boosting properties.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

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The words cut sharply into the jumble of to-do lists, fantasies, snippets of possible writing, worry, and leftover traces of postpartum depression that constituted my mind in the early months of 1993.

— Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
In between these interviews are glimpses of the occasional Israeli news media snippet and at one point an archival reminder of the circumstances of Tel Aviv’s founding.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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The following excerpt focuses on Wall Street, the film that emboldened Douglas to take the kind of risks many of his actor peers didn’t dare.

— Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Former president Barack Obama expressed surprise at Democrats’ expanding midterm map at a private fundraiser Wednesday night, but warned donors not to get complacent about the party’s chances, according to excerpts provided to The Washington Post.

— Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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Others have created a multimodal version of it using text, images, quotations, citations, audio, video, or other media to show how the idea is inherited, transformed, contested, and reimagined.

— Saurabh Anand, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2026
The chilling quotation above comes from insect enthusiast Björn Hjaltason’s discovery of a mosquito last October on a farm just north of Reykjavík.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2026

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