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sound bite

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sound bitenoun

    a very short speech; usually on radio or television

Wiktionary

  1. sound bitenoun

    An extract from a speech or interview used as edited into a news or other broadcast; an interview clip, especially seen as particularly expressive or pithy.

  2. sound bitenoun

    A one-liner deliberately produced for this purpose; a statement specifically intended to be punchy and memorable.

Wikipedia

  1. Sound bite

    A sound bite or soundbite is a short clip of speech or music extracted from a longer piece of audio, often used to promote or exemplify the full length piece. In the context of journalism, a sound bite is characterized by a short phrase or sentence that captures the essence of what the speaker was trying to say, and is used to summarize information and entice the reader or viewer. The term was coined by the U.S. media in the 1970s. Since then, politicians have increasingly employed sound bites to summarize their positions. Due to its brevity, the sound bite often overshadows the broader context in which it was spoken, and can be misleading or inaccurate. The insertion of sound bites into news broadcasts or documentaries is open to manipulation, leading to conflict over journalistic ethics.

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  1. Sound bite

    A sound bite is a short clip of speech or music extracted from a longer piece of audio, often used to promote or exemplify the full length piece. In the context of journalism, a sound bite is characterized by a short phrase or sentence that captures the essence of what the speaker was trying to say, and is used to summarize information and entice the reader or viewer. The term was coined by the U.S. media in the 1970s. Since then, politicians have increasingly employed sound bites to summarize their positions. Due to its brevity, the sound bite often overshadows the broader context in which it was spoken, and can be misleading or inaccurate. The insertion of sound bites into news broadcasts or documentaries is open to manipulation, leading to conflict over journalistic ethics.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sound bite in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sound bite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sound bite in a Sentence

  1. Elie Mystal:

    He should have said that then, right? he’s the president making the address about his policy. How is he going to do the whole speech about his slogans and not tell me what the actual policy is? We’re going to fund the police, so we can do this or that or the other thing. He doesn’t say that. He just wanted that sound bite, fund the police … to get Republicans off his back.

  2. Todd Graham:

    With Twitter, it’s not 140 characters of what you do right anymore, it’s 140 characters of what you do wrong. I coach my teams to avoid the bad sound bite.

  3. Todd Graham:

    In the VP debate, [Democrat] Tim Kaine had a bunch of sound bite-ready things to go, but they sounded too rehearsed, and I think people can tell now.

  4. Dan Ivascyn:

    When you talk to clients and you talk to the media, at times, you reduce investment calls down to a sound bite or very simple views on the world.

  5. Todd Graham:

    It sounded made for a sound bite.


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