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Recent Examples of two-bit
Their only inheritance is a legacy of two-bit crime that inspires them to run increasingly audacious frauds.
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Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 June 2026
The current mayor couldn’t build a two-bit coalition.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 13 Apr. 2026
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Explaining the Blue Jackets
The Buffalo Sabres may be the story of the season, with every two-bit hack pumping their tires these days.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Cristian’s fixation on winning a vintage two-bit arcade game on the sidewalk not far from Olga’s home is a romantic touch that turns, briefly, surreal as Cristian mentally threads his experience with the game into his experience with his now certainly dying mother.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
Indeed, one of the main attractions of such grand movie houses was the opulence itself – where everyday Joes, Janes and Junes might be enveloped in grandeur with a two-bit ticket.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Using sensors and vibration patterns The patch encodes text by breaking each ASCII character into four segments, with each sensor representing a two-bit segment.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2025
One memorable 1944 cover featured a bunch of Hitlers as two-bit thieves pilfering everyday goods.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Initially, theater houses exhibited short clips in dingy rooms and were considered little more than two-bit sideshows.
—Hannah Fish, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025
Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 June 2026
The current mayor couldn’t build a two-bit coalition.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 13 Apr. 2026
Try streaming games like these for free on Fubo.
Explaining the Blue Jackets
The Buffalo Sabres may be the story of the season, with every two-bit hack pumping their tires these days.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Cristian’s fixation on winning a vintage two-bit arcade game on the sidewalk not far from Olga’s home is a romantic touch that turns, briefly, surreal as Cristian mentally threads his experience with the game into his experience with his now certainly dying mother.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
Indeed, one of the main attractions of such grand movie houses was the opulence itself – where everyday Joes, Janes and Junes might be enveloped in grandeur with a two-bit ticket.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Using sensors and vibration patterns The patch encodes text by breaking each ASCII character into four segments, with each sensor representing a two-bit segment.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2025
One memorable 1944 cover featured a bunch of Hitlers as two-bit thieves pilfering everyday goods.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Initially, theater houses exhibited short clips in dingy rooms and were considered little more than two-bit sideshows.
—Hannah Fish, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for two-bit
Adjective
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The Second Amendment is not a second-class right.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
25 Nov. 2025
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Mainstream society, generally intent on grooming doctors, lawyers, accountants, scientists, engineers, and computer coders, perceived a student learning a working-class skilled trade as somehow lowly, poorly compensated, a second-class citizen.—
Stephen Tave,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Wembanyama mired his fundamental greatness by either trying too hard to dominate or exerting his physicality in a petty way.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Others mention struggling main street shops, potholes and petty crime.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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The animation features a lot of rotoscoping, and the result is an aesthetic that’s both oddly fluid and charmingly cheap, like some second-rate Ralph Bakshi effort.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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For those who don't know his story, Darnold has gone through so much during his last eight seasons, including being pushed around the league like a second-rate quarterback and being called a bust by many in the profession.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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If either achieves even half the cadence and reliability of Falcon 9, the private space industry will finally move from a one-horse race to a true competition.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic reported on Tuesday that Tottenham are in a one-horse race to sign the 27-year-old from Crystal Palace, after north London rivals Arsenal cooled their interest.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Villa Coco is a romantic book, but one in which romance is auxiliary to friendship.—
Jacob Brogan,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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Their diesel auxiliary engines keep running, burning fuel and pushing exhaust over the surrounding city just to keep the onboard systems alive.—
Omar Kardoudi
June 09,
New Atlas,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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In terms of artwork pricing, PDS said that entry-level prices were declining for quality secondary-market, historic works, making this an ideal time to acquire pieces that were previously far less accessible.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
15 June 2026
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Those questions are not secondary.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
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“Two-bit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two-bit. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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