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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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Throughout history, toxic males in many cultures have worked hard to limit women’s options, control their behavior and treat them as second-class human beings.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
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Ali refused to fight in the Vietnam War for a country that treated Black people as second-class citizens.—
Michael Cunningham,
AJC.com,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Instead, Defendants appear to be actively undermining the restoration of the Kennedy Center’s name, in a petty act of defiance.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 June 2026
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The two deaths join a long list of other instances of Black Americans dying in interactions with police after accusations of petty criminal offenses.—
TRAVIS LOLLER,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Adjective
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For many, their style of play seemed to encapsulate all that was second-rate about Manchester United after the glory years of Sir Alex Ferguson.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
16 June 2026
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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
Adjective
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And while this has now become a one-horse race, with that proposal carrying the day heading into a May 28 vote at the league’s next Board of Governors meeting, there are still more discussions — and possible changes — to come.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
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McCarthy moved to his current studio in 2012, and around then, bought land out in the Tehachapi Mountains to serve as Wild West backdrops, not unlike the early film studios buying up tumbleweed stables in Topanga to serve as facsimiles of one-horse towns to shoot westerns.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The tribe established the Shadow Wolves, the first all-Indian DHS auxiliary group that helps secure the border.—
Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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Recruits complete 145 hours of training to become auxiliary deputies, and receive annual refresher and specialized training.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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Phase 2/3 Study 302 topline results released April 27, 2026 met all primary and key secondary endpoints with robust hair growth in both once-daily and twice-daily arms.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
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Phase 2/3 Study 302 topline results released April 27, 2026 met all primary and key secondary endpoints, with robust hair growth seen in both once-daily and twice-daily dosing arms.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
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“Two-bit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two-bit. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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