sound bite

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Recent Examples of sound bite Although the old man's most famous sound bite came during a trying 2001 news conference while coaching the Colts after an even more trying defeat to the 49ers. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025 The sound bite of the week was anti-ideological, for once. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Nov. 2025 Short videos laid the President’s sound bites over montages filled with boat parties and outdoor concerts and drone shot after drone shot of the handsome skyline. Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 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 lighthearted clip quickly resonated with viewers, racking up over 4 million views on Instagram.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Instagram page @NYDrillOfficial posted a clip from the channel News 12 showing New Yorkers lamenting the SNAP shutdown.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Using a mixer on low, blend together room temp cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This product, which includes soothing chamomile extract and azulene for anti-inflammatory properties, delivers on that promise.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Listen to snippets of the songs.
    NPR, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The two other successful movies of the summer of 1976 were That’s Entertainment, Part 2, a movie composed of snippets from lots of old movies, and All the President’s Men.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • As a childless person who doesn’t teach I’ve been happily unaware that, due to standardized testing requirements that favor close reads of excerpts over whole books, there’s an entire generation of students who have very little contextual framework for the literature they’re being taught in school.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This excerpt was adapted from George Packer’s novel The Emergency.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Mayer resurfaces throughout Lasky’s Memory—regarding her photographs or poems or a pithy quotation—while Lasky considers the memories of her own life.
    Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • After submitting their pre-loved luxury pieces on a special landing page on the Mytheresa site, customers get a quotation on their items, which are then authenticated by the Vestiaire Collective team before an instant Mytheresa store credit is issued to sellers in return.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025

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“Sound bite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sound%20bite. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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