bits

Example Sentences

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These atoms serve as the basic units of information in a quantum system, called quantum bits or qubits.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

"I was crying, I was in bits," she said.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The last work he staged, “Moby Dick” was for Wilson “Messiah”-like in that he picked and chose bits from a novel with an already interrupted narrative the way Handel’s librettist did from the Bible.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

“Meghan’s serving your insatiable thirst for dance-ready bops with the upbeat banger that is ‘Foolish,’” the release stated, cramming two bits of gay slang into one sentence.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

It was creamy with bits of yellow fat, even though the cow was thin as a rail.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff