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Recent Examples of snack
Noun
For easy access, place the snacks on one low-profile drawer, and the coffee and/or cocktail supplies on another. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2025 For now, there’s no service up there, but there are chairs and tables set up so guests can bring drinks and snacks from the downstairs bar up to the roof and enjoy the views and the breeze. Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
State of play: Other signs of a snacking slowdown: J.M. Smucker's sales of sweet baked snacks fell 7% in the company's most recent quarter to $278.6 million. Nathan Bomey, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025 Try swapping refined grains for whole grains like brown rice or quinoa, adding beans or lentils to soups and salads, and snacking on fiber-rich fruits like apples, oranges, or berries. Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snack
Noun
  • The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System relied on contractors reviewing thousands of ER records and categorizing them by cause, including motor vehicle accidents, adverse drug events, firearms, drownings, poisoning, dog bites.
    Will Stone, NPR, 21 Apr. 2025
  • More: Climate risk will take trillion-dollar bite out of America's real estate, report finds What are the origins of Earth Day?
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The stepbrother was shot in the leg while the father’s arm was grazed.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Nearly all the materials used to build the lodge were sourced locally: pine harvested sustainably from the surrounding forests, wool sheared from the sheep that graze in the pastures outside, stone from nearby quarries.
    Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Bright mouthful of red fruit with full on acidity and flavors that include lemon drops, peanut brittle and beef jerky.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • All the bear got from my neck down was a few mouthfuls of clothes, except for the bite in my shoulder.
    Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • For one day only—Friday, March 28—fans flocked to the temporary establishment to hear Sheeran perform while drinking Guinness and noshing on classic bar fare, including roast beef sandwiches and french fries.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Fast forward to 2024, and Mar’s Lunar New Year party at her West Village hotspot, Le B, saw Martha Stewart holding court in the kitchen as gold confetti showering a crowd noshing on caviar and fried chicken.
    Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Felix Wicker Outdoor Side Table by Jake Arnold When hosting an outdoor soiree, include multiple places to rest nibbles and drinks.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
  • When your core temperature reaches 93, amnesia nibbles at your consciousness.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025

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“Snack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snack. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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