sound bites

Definition of sound bitesnext
plural of sound bite

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sound bites
Noun
  • Videos like Will Smith fighting a spaghetti monster and clips of the cast of Friends reimagined as otters also performed well on social media.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Mar. 2026
  • This attachment clips onto the two controller halves, and extends to hold your phone in between them, like the telescopic controllers from Razer, Gamesir, and Backbone.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Juicy-Pang’s liquid blush is a cult favorite in Korea, and Lee recommends it for its airy, buildable texture and infusion of antioxidant-rich fruit extracts that deliver a natural, healthy glow.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Salt is added to the byproduct and heated, the yeast is broken down, the solids removed, and the resulting liquid is concentrated into a thick paste, to which a secret combination of vegetable and spice extracts are then added.
    Kristen Hartke, Saveur, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This article includes excerpts from The Meaning of It All by Rivka Weinberg and published by Oxford University Press in the US © Weinberg 2026.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The film uses excerpts from the real emergency phone calls from 6-year-old Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl trapped in a car while under fire from Israelis in Gaza.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • These are a few of the plentiful subjects broached by the movie, which goes on to encompass snippets of various activist groups, civil liberties attorneys, and local politicians, but all these topics are crammed into a scant 84-minute runtime, and few are given the requisite attention.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
  • In Sirāt, snippets of radio broadcasts about an unspecified war play in the background, casting a bleak shadow over Luis’s search for his daughter.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The series retains its fondness for rapid-fire, near-impenetrable finance jargon and for ostentatious literary quotations—the product, we’re meant to assume, of the characters’ otherwise wasted Oxbridge educations.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That’s one of the le Carré quotations, which is literal and metaphorical.
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Sound bites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sound%20bites. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.

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