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
Nowhere is this more apparent than in a montage of snapshots during which the characters recount everything, spoon-feeding us information that should either be implied or not there at all.
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Jay Weissberg, Variety, 14 May 2026
Kelce shared a carousel of mouthwatering snapshots of the shop's doughnuts, along with videos of him reviewing them while interacting with Bulloch and customers.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
In the meantime, the EPs are meant to function as raw, thematic snapshots from the veteran Irish quartet.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 May 2026
Previous global nighttime light maps were produced annually, useful snapshots, but static ones.
—Bree Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
During the 10-day mission, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen captured thousands of snapshots.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Edit snapshots or touch-up older pictures with Photoshop.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
The organization uses web crawlers to capture snapshots of sites.
—Devika Rao, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
There is a single drawing of the small museum in Dorsey’s Philadelphia home; a handful of snapshots of the Harlem studio of collector, scrapbook maker, and dandy Alexander Gumby; and one grainy photograph of the library of Ella Elbert, featured in The Crisis magazine in 1920.
—Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026
Jay Weissberg, Variety, 14 May 2026
Kelce shared a carousel of mouthwatering snapshots of the shop's doughnuts, along with videos of him reviewing them while interacting with Bulloch and customers.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
In the meantime, the EPs are meant to function as raw, thematic snapshots from the veteran Irish quartet.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 May 2026
Previous global nighttime light maps were produced annually, useful snapshots, but static ones.
—Bree Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
During the 10-day mission, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen captured thousands of snapshots.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
Edit snapshots or touch-up older pictures with Photoshop.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026
The organization uses web crawlers to capture snapshots of sites.
—Devika Rao, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
There is a single drawing of the small museum in Dorsey’s Philadelphia home; a handful of snapshots of the Harlem studio of collector, scrapbook maker, and dandy Alexander Gumby; and one grainy photograph of the library of Ella Elbert, featured in The Crisis magazine in 1920.
—Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snapshots
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Subsequent photos showed the proud parents smiling in the audience as their daughter walked across the stage to collect her degree, Zahra alongside her friends in their graduation regalia and a glimpse at a family celebration.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Prosecutors showed jurors photos of the victim’s injuries, which include visible bruises, scratches and marks on her face.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
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One of the writer’s jobs is, of course, to make a world of words, images, scenes, photographs—a unique artistic world that acts as the container for the story or the meaning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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As Jacobs described the difference between photographs created with light and images created in data-center darkness, the generator flashed an image of the interior of a barn.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
19 May 2026
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The pair were spotted joyfully snapping photos of the graduate, and also made sure to take some individual pics with Deacon in his purple gown.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Hiring a professional photographer — with experience in real estate — to update the pics is a good idea.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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“Snapshots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snapshots. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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