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bite-size

American  
[bahyt-sahyz] / ˈbaɪtˌsaɪz /
Or bite-sized

adjective

  1. small enough to fit in the mouth or be consumed in one or two bites.

    bite-size candies.

  2. very small.

  3. quickly or easily comprehended, resolved, etc..

    bite-size problems.


Example Sentences

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Companies are breaking up some of this year’s biggest bond offerings into bite-size pieces for the debt market to digest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Michael Arkush’s ‘The Golf 100’ book ranks the greatest golfers the only way he can, with some sweet, some savory and a few bitter stories in bite-size pieces.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

He was tasked with cutting together the company’s TV broadcasts into bite-size, BuzzFeed-style clips designed to juice virality.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025

There are, of course, more pressing things happening in our country than sports pageantry and bite-size, 30-second doses of capitalism.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2025

I pulled the bun off my sandwich and started ripping it into bite-size pieces.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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