bits

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The last work he staged, “Moby Dick” was for Wilson “Messiah”-like in that he picked and chose bits from a novel with an already interrupted narrative the way Handel’s librettist did from the Bible.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Most people have these spaces, she notes, but “the usual experience is of muddling along, spending these bits of time without much direction”—puttering around the house, mindlessly scrolling on our phones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"These are the properties you need if you want hardware that can learn and adapt, rather than just store bits," said Bakhit.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

Smaller ones for the things that make a meal feel finished: bacon bits, pickled onions, a sauce you made earlier in the week and forgot about until you needed it.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Dinner is hamburgers, French fries, red and green peppers, and rice with zucchini bits.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko