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Recent Examples of two-bit
One memorable 1944 cover featured a bunch of Hitlers as two-bit thieves pilfering everyday goods.
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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, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025
The genre-bender, about a two-bit criminal loser who stumbles upon his superpowers and learns to care about humanity, became Italy’s 2016 sleeper hit, pulling in 1 million admissions locally before launching from dozens of festivals and selling widely around the world.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 24 July 2024
Just a speck in the elaborate web of scandal that seized Anaheim city government, to be sure, but a textbook case of how two-bit tyranny can strangle a righteous American Dream.
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
In so doing, the state has taken a wholly worthwhile cause — the cause of individual choice — and sullied it with an unlovely combination of hypocrisy and two-bit protectionism.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 May 2024
This is not a local two-bit show, this is the best of the best of the best.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2024
The 2017 bull market had vaulted crypto into the mainstream, but also given rise to outrageous scams and exposed many of the industry’s leading figures as two-bit hucksters—or worse.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 17 Aug. 2023
The four resulting states are used to represent the four possible two-bit combinations: 00, 01, 10, and 11.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016
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, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025
The genre-bender, about a two-bit criminal loser who stumbles upon his superpowers and learns to care about humanity, became Italy’s 2016 sleeper hit, pulling in 1 million admissions locally before launching from dozens of festivals and selling widely around the world.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 24 July 2024
Just a speck in the elaborate web of scandal that seized Anaheim city government, to be sure, but a textbook case of how two-bit tyranny can strangle a righteous American Dream.
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
In so doing, the state has taken a wholly worthwhile cause — the cause of individual choice — and sullied it with an unlovely combination of hypocrisy and two-bit protectionism.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 May 2024
This is not a local two-bit show, this is the best of the best of the best.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2024
The 2017 bull market had vaulted crypto into the mainstream, but also given rise to outrageous scams and exposed many of the industry’s leading figures as two-bit hucksters—or worse.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 17 Aug. 2023
The four resulting states are used to represent the four possible two-bit combinations: 00, 01, 10, and 11.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for two-bit
Adjective
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The obvious need for something to lift up Latino students, who might otherwise be doomed to second-class citizenship, does not matter to the folks opposed to the HSI funding.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Women deemed second-class citizens.—
Teresa Leger Fernández,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In their recommendation, Warner and Kaine said Nachmanoff supervised a team that represented more than 2,500 clients accused of federal violations ranging from petty offenses to capital murder.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Phantom Thread is a masterfully claustrophobic portrayal of a ’50s fashion house, as well as a nuanced depiction of a petty despot ruling over his small kingdom.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The freshman quarterback has faced second-rate competition thus far and has daunting matchups next month.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
24 Sep. 2025
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Occasionally held back by a very mid-'00s aesthetic and stylistic choices that come across second-rate David Lynch, No Smoking is nonetheless an effectively paranoid adaptation of King for another culture.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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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The airline has been swapping out auxiliary power units (APUs) — small engines that are located in the back of planes — since 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Updates include a new cafeteria space, a new two-story wing, an agricultural lab with welding booths, an auxiliary gymnasium, music and band classrooms, a construction lab and more.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In an effort to tamp down that expense, Clary agreed in December 2022 to allow Bush to retain and exceed the maximum, then totaling 332 hours, with a secondary agreement that Bush would use the vacation time over the next couple of years.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
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The idea, Fuentes-Medel said, is to identify the materials, perhaps through a kind of AI data modeling, and figure out how they can best be recovered and funneled to secondary markets at scale.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Two-bit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two-bit. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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