sizzle reel
noun
: a short, usually flashy video used to promote a product, service, proposed project, etc.
He and Kari are also pitching a family show to the networks. … The sizzle reel has his two teenage daughters in Maui, learning to cut sugarcane.—
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After a sizzle reel showing various moments from Bond history, Qualley performed a dance number with a troupe of male dancers all dressed in tuxes.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
The night before a game, home or away, no matter— or, say, Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans this weekend— the big-screen projection shows a sizzle reel of the franchise quarterback’s best plays.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
Shortly after Hernandez left the stage, a sizzle reel promoting the festival’s nonprofit arm had suffered sound problems.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The jumbotrons above the octagon play a sizzle reel of Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance on the campaign trail.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
The night before a game, home or away, no matter— or, say, Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans this weekend— the big-screen projection shows a sizzle reel of the franchise quarterback’s best plays.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
Shortly after Hernandez left the stage, a sizzle reel promoting the festival’s nonprofit arm had suffered sound problems.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The jumbotrons above the octagon play a sizzle reel of Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance on the campaign trail.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Sizzle reel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sizzle%20reel. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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