Thesaurus results for SOUND-BITE

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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The 1-minute video then weaves together actual clips of Uecker, who died at age 90 in 2025 after calling Brewers games on the radio for 54 years.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
The clips showed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex walking hand-in-hand outdoors, plus scenes of a child’s feet by a fireplace, splashing in puddles and the children riding bikes.

— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2026

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The cocktail menu is also expansive—go for the signature tomato cocktail, which is vodka and rice wine-based with tomato extract, poblanos, and tamarind.

— Ali Domrongchai, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
Analysis of bone extracts identified heme B and an altered relative.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026

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Listen to snippets of the album and hear about how Taupin has been able to keep his and John's relationship so strong.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
In the postgame locker-room celebration, a snippet of which was posted on the Dolphins’ X account, Hafley held up his hands and jumped up and down as his players poured water bottles over him.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 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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