sound bite

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Recent Examples of sound bite Political messages are often stripped of nuance, reduced to sound bites that can easily be shared and reshared. Monica Alvarez-Mitchell, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 But getting there is going to require a lot more than a catchy slogan and some sound bites. Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025 The dude was a nonstop hype video in human form, talking himself up in sound bite after sound bite. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024 Space Invaders In one of the final interviews of the relentless Wicked press tour, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were part of a sound bite that perhaps overshadows even the film itself. Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sound bite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sound bite
Noun
  • In one clip, the woman revealed that her fiancé sews and creates stunning upcycled and repurposed clothing.
    Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The Boston Celtics wing participated in a pop culture quiz game during a timeout in the team’s face-off against the New York Knicks on Sunday (Feb. 23), and Brown struggled to identify several superstars throughout the recorded clip.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Key Ingredients: Retinol, pumpkin extract, Centella asiatica, turmeric extract, ginseng Size: 1.12 oz.
    Deanna Pai, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
  • This pick also contains natural ingredients like mushroom and avocado extracts to help soothe and calm skin.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Only she’s continued teasing it ever since, putting up billboards over the past few weeks featuring a hotline phone number that played snippets of the song.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Last Friday, another short video was shared on his Instagram, this one featuring a snippet of his own diss.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Some in the crowd sobbed as organizers played excerpts from Nasrallah's speeches.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Here’s the latest installment of the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz — this time with excerpts and utterances from the week spanning Feb. 16 to 22.
    Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Exploring the genre of inaugural addresses through quotations and objects from the past can help listeners better understand the opening speech of a new administration, the first act in a job that began with the taking of the oath.
    Claire Jerry, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Despite the patchwork libretto, Handel ingeniously parlayed Jennens’ quotations and paraphrases from the Old and New testaments into unexpected evocations of wonder and awe.
    Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024

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