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
While this is a snapshot of how things are expected to look in the future, a one month outlook and subsequent weeks’ and days’ forecast will give a better look at what to expect as the date grows near, according to the National Weather Service.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025
Inside the cards were snapshots of the year 2000, written in real time by friends and family.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
While just how much money Orange County can expect to see from lawmakers’ requests remains to be seen — both the full House and Senate will need to OK the budget by the Oct. 1 deadline — here’s a snapshot of some of the projects the congressional delegation hopes to earmark funds for.
—Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2025
If the songwriting on Strange Hours is a fresh snapshot of the group after a quarter century since its 2000 inception, the sound is vintage Eli Young Band.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025
Inside the cards were snapshots of the year 2000, written in real time by friends and family.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
While just how much money Orange County can expect to see from lawmakers’ requests remains to be seen — both the full House and Senate will need to OK the budget by the Oct. 1 deadline — here’s a snapshot of some of the projects the congressional delegation hopes to earmark funds for.
—Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2025
If the songwriting on Strange Hours is a fresh snapshot of the group after a quarter century since its 2000 inception, the sound is vintage Eli Young Band.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snapshot
Noun
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The devices take pictures using infrared and motion detection and store the photos on SD cards.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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At the moment of this photo, the whole room was listening to one man talk about his life, while each reflected on their own.—
Meredith Nierman,
NPR,
19 Aug. 2025
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Yeager’s photographs of Page, an actress-model who lived in an old house by the Miami River, turned both women into household names when Yeager was 25.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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More details and our photographs of the event are below.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
14 Aug. 2025
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Spike Lee’s prestige pic Highest 2 Lowest, which reunites him for the first time in years with Denzel Washington, is opening in select theaters before being made available relatively quickly on Apple TV+.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Aug. 2025
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So far, the $2.5 million pic has received development support from the Norwegian Film Institute and a minimum guarantee from local distributor Norsk Filmdistribusjon.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Snapshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snapshot. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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