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Recent Examples of lite
Consider that in the United States, a liberal is someone who stands on the political left, probably voted for Joe Biden, and may subscribe to some lite socialism (another Humpty Dumpty term, but one at a time).
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Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
The catch is that SpaceX is only offering the lite plan in about 15 US states, including Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, Minnesota, and New Mexico, where the company appears to have additional capacity for the Starlink network.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025
Today’s conflicts amount to the clash of civilizations lite.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Throughout Saya, Gray constructs a world of sonic surrealism — seamlessly melding swirling harp, taut acoustic guitars, and warm piano tones with glitchy beats and lite-industrial bass lines.
—Gabrielle MacAfee, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
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Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
The catch is that SpaceX is only offering the lite plan in about 15 US states, including Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, Minnesota, and New Mexico, where the company appears to have additional capacity for the Starlink network.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025
Today’s conflicts amount to the clash of civilizations lite.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Throughout Saya, Gray constructs a world of sonic surrealism — seamlessly melding swirling harp, taut acoustic guitars, and warm piano tones with glitchy beats and lite-industrial bass lines.
—Gabrielle MacAfee, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lite
Adjective
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It must be said that the political opposition in El Salvador was close to non-existent, and Bukele had no trouble leaving it light years behind.—
Óscar Martínez,
The Dial,
30 Apr. 2026
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The driver who fatally struck a grandfather in Midtown in 2024 was sentenced with 180 days of work release and 30 days of community service last week — a typically light sentence in California, where many vehicular manslaughter cases are charged as misdemeanors.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Revisiting maps mid-decade for political advantage runs directly against both the spirit and the plain language of those protections.—
Dan Daley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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But a glimpse at an earlier journalistic universe—newspapers in the era before social media—shows the dishonesty at the center of the project to treat the plain meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment as up for grabs.—
Lawrence Glickman,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Lite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lite. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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