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slice of life

[slahys-uhv-lahyf] / ˈslaɪs əvˈlaɪf /


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In an 2019 interview, Judge Caprio said his courtroom proceedings "show a slice of life of Rhode Island that is very interesting, and it reflects the same issues people are experiencing nationwide".

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

“We looked at each episode being another kind of slice of life, a different chapter of looking at some particular thing in New York,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Personal achievement should just be one slice of life, it should not be life itself.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2023

This evocative slice of life about a pair of lovers, played with rare warmth by Alisha Espinosa and Kai Heath, takes place in the 10 minutes before the grocery store that employs them opens.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Stuff that Luke had trouble calling art until his teacher told him to think about it as a slice of life.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss



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