as in photo
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera
fans excitedly took snapshots of the rock star as he dashed into the hotel
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Recent Examples of snapshot
Gold-Bikin’s collection does just that, providing a snapshot of the first moments of a union.
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April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 June 2025
Major plot points are minimal, as the film simply offers us a few beautiful snapshots of a brief season in two lives.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 13 June 2025
The depth of the wreck has helped preserve the artifacts, providing a unique snapshot of maritime history.
—Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Chatbots are always available to offer the perspective of multiple specialists and aggregate and summarize data from varied sources to provide a snapshot of what’s trending.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 June 2025
Major plot points are minimal, as the film simply offers us a few beautiful snapshots of a brief season in two lives.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 13 June 2025
The depth of the wreck has helped preserve the artifacts, providing a unique snapshot of maritime history.
—Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Chatbots are always available to offer the perspective of multiple specialists and aggregate and summarize data from varied sources to provide a snapshot of what’s trending.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snapshot
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If Newsom’s podcast supplied the most humiliating audio of the new Trump era, the most humiliating image was surely a photo of Whitmer physically hiding in the Oval Office as Trump signed orders to investigate a pair of first-term officials who went on to criticize him.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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Nick and Stuart are the sons of Leeds United legend Eddie Gray (main photo: Stuart on the left, Eddie in the middle, Nick to the right).—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
Noun
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On Reading, a slender and elegant volume, contains sixty-six black-and-white photographs Kertész took of people engrossed in books and newspapers around the world between 1915 and 1970.—
Donna Seaman
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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Police search warrant returns from DoorDash contain photographs, a list of deliveries to 1122 King Road that date back to 2019 and also a spreadsheet of communication between the person ordering the food and the DoorDash driver, the defense detailed in another filing.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
17 June 2025
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The stars-on-the-rise were spotted at country singer Tyler Childers’s concert at the Hollywood Bowl on June 10, and pics of their embrace found their way to gossip blog DeuxMoi.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
17 June 2025
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The image used for this story is the same one that Williams uses for his profile pic on Instagram.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
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“Snapshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snapshot. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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