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snippet

[snip-it] / ˈsnɪp ɪt /
NOUN
particle
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In between these interviews are glimpses of the occasional Israeli news media snippet and at one point an archival reminder of the circumstances of Tel Aviv’s founding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

But that did not matter last year when he posted a snippet of audio with a lyric describing people afraid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The mRNA vaccine and the Oxford vaccine both deliver a snippet of genetic code into the body.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Another snippet I overheard in Studio City: “You gotta make music from the heart, man, and the label will feel it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Here is a snippet from a recruiting session for call center operators at a women’s college in Bangalore: Recruiter 1: “Good morning, girls.”

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

All she remembered from her early childhood in Arizona were snippets of the nursery rhymes “Did You Ever See a Lassie?” and “The Bear Went Over the Mountain.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

On the latest episode of ICYMI, host Kate Lindsay introduces listeners to the phenomenon of vertical microdramas, which are 90-second snippets of content chock-full of some of the most absurd plotlines you’ve ever seen.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

The purported hacker has released snippets of the stolen client data—including Römer’s—and threatened to release more unless Revolut pays up, without publicly specifying an amount.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

It’s a collection of songs pieced together from perfect-seeming snippets heard while passing open doors.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets: “serious, serious depression” and “manifesting as aggression, not uncommon in geriatric patients.”

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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