in snatches
idiom
: for short periods of time
sleeping in snatches
: in small amounts
The plot of the novel came to me in snatches.
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Like many writers with day jobs, Revord drafted the novel in snatches, often while on the Young Sheldon set, before the show ended in 2024.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Hearing one of the most important cases of the term, the justices discussed only in snatches what has the potential to be one of President Trump’s most consequential executive actions.
—Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2025
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Hearing one of the most important cases of the term, the justices discussed only in snatches what has the potential to be one of President Trump’s most consequential executive actions.
—Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2025
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“In snatches.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20snatches. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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