sound bite

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Recent Examples of sound bite On Tuesday, April 14, the 22-year-old content creator posted an Instagram Reel compiling sound bites from his upcoming podcast, Chronically Online with Harry Daniels. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026 Those 35 seconds will go down in sideline interview history, as one in-game sound bite that actually meant something, sent up a flashing red flag that alerted all to keep watching. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026 Our colleagues and our clients want authenticity, not sound bites and hashtags. — Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 8 Mar. 2026 Energy vampires are everywhere, thirsty for a selfie or a sound bite or a Zoom. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sound bite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sound bite
Noun
  • On that note, Wall Street expects Meta to keep growing earnings at a healthy clip in the years ahead.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In the clip, Niemi questions whether the baby is safe with his own parents.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Beat the mix along with milk, eggs, and almond extract with an electric mixer on low for two minutes.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The complex also contains a blend of antioxidants, flax seed extract, and acetyl tetrapeptide-2, which work together to improve skin elasticity, maximize hydration, and even out the skin tone across the neck and décolleté.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Personalities are sketched only in the margins, mostly via brief snippets of chatter between rounds of gunfire.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Across all four albums, part of their universal appeal lies in the individual snippets listeners recognize and connect with.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • An exclusive excerpt from Jonathan Van Meter’s ‘Citizen Kim’ reveals how a French Impressionist masterpiece ended up on her bathroom wall.
    — Jonathan Van Meter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Scribner’s ignored Hemingway and let Conrad use brief excerpts.
    — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Others have created a multimodal version of it using text, images, quotations, citations, audio, video, or other media to show how the idea is inherited, transformed, contested, and reimagined.
    — Saurabh Anand, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The chilling quotation above comes from insect enthusiast Björn Hjaltason’s discovery of a mosquito last October on a farm just north of Reykjavík.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Sound bite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sound%20bite. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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