How to Use capture in a Sentence
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Orb weavers spin webs for capture.
—Matthew Cordes, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
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The 40fps capture rate is among the fastest in the class.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
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And that’s what our ad campaign captures.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026
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Borges didn’t hear more about the bear until news of her capture last week.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
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Song evaded capture for two weeks.
—Kevin Krause, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Roa could not believe the news of Maduro’s capture.
—Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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Roa could not believe the news of Maduro’s capture.
—Regina Garcia Cano, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
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A lot of that is voice performance, a lot of that is voice capture.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 11 May 2023
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Apple claims this gives you the best detail and light capture.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
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Apple claims this gives you the best detail and light capture.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
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Whether the next sighting ends with a capture remains to be seen.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
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For most people, Maduro's capture seemed to come out of the blue.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
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And that faith helped lead to Robinson’s capture.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
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Record short screen captures and have early adopters share them in team channels.
—Guy Yehiav, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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Video capture tops out at 4K60.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
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Boelter ran from the home, and eluded capture.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 11 June 2026
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Duffield’s background was in dance, motion-capture, and trainee stunt work.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
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Gillespie was able to evade capture and is still considered to be at large.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Courier-Journal, 26 May 2023
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But before the successful capture, the pair had a bit of fun.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
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His over the top criticism of the Maduro capture.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
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The harshest abuse came in moments of capture, rather than in the basement.
—Alex Horton, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
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For your safety, do not attempt to approach, capture, or call out to him.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026
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This image capture took four hours under the dark skies above the mountain.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026
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The iPhone 16 has more advanced video capture tools.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Lennon evaded capture for 13 years.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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The depth of that challenge was made clear in the hours following the drug lord’s capture.
—Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
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Those shipments were blocked after the capture of Maduro.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
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But this framing captures only part of the picture.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
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Direct air capture will be too expensive, too slow.
—Phil De Luna, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Maduro’s capture masks big questions about Venezuela’s near-term future.
—Comfort Ero, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
- The show has captured the attention of teenagers.
- The city was captured by the Romans.
- The company plans on capturing a larger segment of the market.
- They were captured by enemy soldiers.
- She captured 60 percent of the vote in the last election.
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And it is captured in the book, too.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
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That was captured very well in the film.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2026
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The trooper used radar to capture the speed.
—Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
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But to capture that moment and share it?
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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Cameras capture to hard drives.
—Matthew Henick, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
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These photos capture the first hours of Zdarsky’s life as a free man.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
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Sofia smiled down at her daughter as the photo was captured.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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Every person was captured—not for the ’gram, but for the record.
—Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
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The cameras capture the subtle changes in plant life.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Most farm fields have open drainage ditches alongside them to capture runoff.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
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The scene was captured during the golden dawn hours.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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The shocked look on Byrne’s face, captured in one take, is genuine.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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Surveillance video captured the hit-and-run crash.
—Darius Johnson, CBS News, 13 May 2026
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His column captures his mom's spirit and the pain of losing a loved one.
—Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
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To capture an instant, users tap the pile of photos and take a quick picture.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 13 May 2026
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The video capturing that reaction wasn’t even meant to be a full post at first.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
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The process was able to capture the true surface in three dimensions.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
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These vehicles can capture a lot of what happens around them.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
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Your fingerprints and a photo of your face will be captured.
—Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
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The photograph captures all of this in a single frame.
—Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
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Stratos captures 500,000 tonnes per year.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
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Stratos runs around $400-500 per tonne captured.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
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Place pheromone traps around your closet to capture any lingering moths.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
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Each figurine captures an emotion, both the good, bad, and complex ones.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2025
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The archive footage captures ragged children who look like orphans, street kids.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
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