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sound bite

noun

Definition of sound bitenext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sound bite
  1. clip
  2. extract
  3. snippet
  4. excerpt
  5. quotation
Noun
  • Columnist Amy Kaufman wrote about how watching affectionate moments between the couple, such as a clip of them kissing, can trigger intense reactions among Swifties.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The central bank has been licensing digital wallets at a clip, including Careem Pay, e& money, Botim, and buy-now-pay-later firm Tabby.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of clip
Noun
  • Rosa hybrid flower extract provides antioxidant and skin-conditioning benefits, while dimethicone seals in hydration and smooth over flaky patches.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Only a few extracts from a new book by Princess Diana’s brother, Earl Charles Spencer, have published so far.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of extract
Noun
  • These responses, thepublisher has said, go far beyond the snippets of texts typically shown with ordinary search results.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • MFlusiva uses a small snippet of genetic code to train the body to recognize and fight the flu virus.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of snippet
Noun
  • An exclusive excerpt published by Decibel centers on Cave In and the period surrounding the band’s breakthrough Jupiter, when major labels began circling.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The latest Piker rhetorical bomb El-Sayed had to dodge was the streamer’s assertion in an interview with Axios, excerpts of which were posted Thursday, that the United States is more of a fomenter of terrorism than al-Qaeda.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of excerpt
Noun
  • 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
  • Several other companies are working on similar AI systems that speed up complex quotation processes, including Salesforce and ServiceNow.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of quotation

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“Sound bite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sound%20bite. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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