sound bite

Definition of sound bitenext

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Recent Examples of sound bite Any sound bite is a potential weapon. Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026 Any sound bite is a potential weapon. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026 Ahead of the episode, Harry and Colbert, 61, made a cheeky social media video set to a viral Great British Bake Off sound bite. Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025 Every red carpet misstep, every viral sound bite, is instantly flattened into content. Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sound bite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sound bite
Noun
  • The screens showed clips of comedians spanning decades, from Lucille Ball, The Three Stooges, and Charlie Chaplin to Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock, and then transitioned to the autistic youth who helped inspire the event.
    Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • La Bonne Brosse accessories include hair clips, combs and brush holders.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • According to the report, the multi-country Global Monitoring System between April 2024 and March of this year identified about 22,000 ads for 267,000 wildlife products, involving about 8,500 live animals and about 258,000 items of animal meat, parts and extracts.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
  • In general, capsule, tablets and gummies are best for beginners, while tinctures, extracts and powders make easy drink additives.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Music, both as one character’s defining trait and as a story-telling device — snippets of pop tunes across decades swiftly drive time shifts in the play’s first two acts — is a major aspect.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
  • The scientists also found that accuracy increased when the players communicated with snippets of code rather than natural language.
    Peter Hall, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Audiobook excerpt read by Marin Ireland and provided by permission of Mariner Books, an imprint of William Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • Here are some excerpts from that story.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • Yet cross-cultural influence continues to be a key subject of art history, and quotation is still a commonplace practice in contemporary art.
    Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • There followed a war of quotations.
    Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Sound bite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sound%20bite. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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