snapshots

plural of snapshot
as in photos
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 snapshots Today, the interiors read like snapshots of her tastes and interests over the intervening years. Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026 Earlier this summer, Czarniak, 48, enjoyed some quality time with her family, posting a few snapshots on Instagram from their time away together. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Her private accounts produced an album of verbal snapshots, unreachable versions of herself that seemed as good as the dead about whom obituaries are otherwise published. Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026 By measuring the energy and momentum of those emitted electrons, the researchers could reconstruct snapshots of what was happening inside the material as its electronic order returned. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026 Over the course of a year, the artist digitally collaged those snapshots, blowing them up to blur and warp the figures. Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026 And more than a century later, those that were saved preserve tiny snapshots of those ordinary lives. Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 His musical grandparents have both shared snapshots of him on their Instagram accounts in the years since. Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026 What is especially transformative is that the technology allows teams to move beyond periodic ecological snapshots toward continuous environmental visibility across a project’s lifecycle. Gamuda Contributor, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • The flames from one explosion also burned the upper half of another crewmate’s back, according to the crew’s attorney Jorge Chiriboga Dávalos, who shared photos of the injuries.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Watch the discussion below, and scroll down for photos from the event.
    The Deadline Team, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Blowing Oleksa’s cover would mean publicly admitting that there are five senators on her asset list — one of whom was seduced into posing for some, uh, compromising photographs.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
  • More than 150 sculptures—along with works on paper, photographs, and extensive archival material—provide the occasion for an expansive survey of one of the twentieth century’s most influential artists.
    Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The clip released last night shows this is a more complex, sinister strategist than Josh Brolin’s crash-bang-boom baddie Thanos from the previous Avengers pics.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Several of the pics look back at Mexico in the 1990s, while others follow teenagers navigating contemporary issues in an increasingly complicated society where their horizons feel narrower than ever.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

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