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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.
—
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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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
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Today, the resident commissioner is a second-class lawmaker.—
Austin Bussing,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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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His girlfriend was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence and petty criminal mischief.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 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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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
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Other projects at Capital High include a boiler replacement, which involves asbestos abatement and demolishing the old boiler, and installing new bleachers in its auxiliary gym.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
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 20 Jun. 2026.
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