snippets

Definition of snippetsnext
plural of snippet

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Recent Examples of snippets Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026 Fox News released snippets of Hannity's interview before the full interview from Beijing airs on Thursday evening. Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 May 2026 Berling’s Henri, especially, suffers from the film’s disinterest in anyone aside from its central figure; a key scene between him and Gabrielle lays out their history in clumsy expository snippets. Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 If the snippets above mean anything to you, congratulations—you’re officially a watch geek. Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 13 May 2026 The test does repeated cycles to try to amplify specific snippets of genetic material that may be present. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026 Music, both as one character’s defining trait and as a story-telling device — snippets of pop tunes across decades swiftly drive time shifts in the play’s first two acts — is a major aspect. Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026 The scientists also found that accuracy increased when the players communicated with snippets of code rather than natural language. Peter Hall, Scientific American, 8 May 2026 Listen to snippets of the trio's performance and read more about their story. Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snippets
Noun
  • At the core of quantum computing are quantum bits, or qubits, that can store multiple values simultaneously, unlike binary bits that can only be a 0 or a 1.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
  • The best bits of Body of Work are defined by the ideas that don’t center Skeletrix in the frame, the half-thoughts and thorny passages that breeze past if you aren’t locked in.
    Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • From the summit of Monte Gambarogno, the towns hugging the shore of Lake Maggiore appear as tiny specks, dwarfed by the snowcapped southern Alps to the north.
    Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
  • Silvery or mottled patches on leaves, brown or distorted petal edges, dark specks (feces) or flower buds that fail to open are signs of thrips.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Just scrape off large food scraps and let the dishwasher clean the rest.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
  • The wastepaper baskets were filled with real scraps of newspaper.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • As dust floats through the air, static electricity can attract particles of dirt, pollen, pet dander, and dust that accumulate on the fan blades over time.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
  • Similar to how cosmic impacts can agitate and heat lunar regolith to liberate trapped particles from the solar wind, machines can do much the same.
    Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The person who seems least surprised by it all is Matsuzawa, perhaps the league’s only 27-year-old rookie with flecks of gray in his hair.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 15 May 2026
  • Powerful new lasers and x-rays are enabling geologists like Korolev, a researcher at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, to probe increasingly small flecks of minerals in deep diamonds.
    James Dinneen, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Muted guitars twirl in curlicued shapes, fleshed out by harp, woodwinds, and brass; clanking bells and mbira-like harmonics flare up in quiet patches, and background vocals fan across the stereo field.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 19 May 2026
  • The dog, who is gray with white patches, was stuck in the space for two days, according to News Channel 5 Nashville.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • The possibility of a Chase and Taylor flirtation causing a rift with Miranda is briefly raised and just as swiftly quashed — through large mouthfuls of chips and salsa, Taylor assures Miranda at the sip-and-see that there is no there there.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • These include the manipulation of certain kinds of small molecules—the backbone of many different types of medicines, from antibiotics to corticosteroids.
    Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
  • Mattias Balk | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Bristol and Hengrui will each contribute assets and will work together on developing new drugs, making China look less like a source of one-off molecules and more like a part of pharma's global research and development operating system, Baran said.
    Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 15 May 2026

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