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
The snapshots come after a busy stretch for Bieber and his wife, Hailey Bieber, who recently attended Coachella accompanied by their little one.
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Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 25 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
Dispatches are occasional snapshots of people, places, scenes or moments from around Georgia that our reporters come across.
—Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Artificial intelligence could reason over a person’s longitudinal history rather than isolated snapshots.
—Celina Yong, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
Duke Gardens provides a gorgeous backdrop for family snapshots, portraits, and engagement photos.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Being able to take snapshots and video by looking at anything is convenient, but even the best AI glasses don't come close to the picture quality of midrange smartphones.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
Video from GoPro cameras outside the capsule streamed down in low-resolution format, due to limitations on bandwidth coming back from deep space, but the Artemis II astronauts were expected to downlink sharper telephoto snapshots overnight Monday into Tuesday morning.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 25 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
Dispatches are occasional snapshots of people, places, scenes or moments from around Georgia that our reporters come across.
—Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Artificial intelligence could reason over a person’s longitudinal history rather than isolated snapshots.
—Celina Yong, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
Duke Gardens provides a gorgeous backdrop for family snapshots, portraits, and engagement photos.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Being able to take snapshots and video by looking at anything is convenient, but even the best AI glasses don't come close to the picture quality of midrange smartphones.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
Video from GoPro cameras outside the capsule streamed down in low-resolution format, due to limitations on bandwidth coming back from deep space, but the Artemis II astronauts were expected to downlink sharper telephoto snapshots overnight Monday into Tuesday morning.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snapshots
Noun
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Plus, most of the photos are, indeed, museum-worthy, and many reflect trends in institutional art collecting that have been fashionable since the museum’s photo department was created in 2008.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
27 Apr. 2026
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But the enthusiasm was motivating, from fans snapping photos of Hathaway and Meryl Streep on the New York streets, to support from Anna Wintour.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The result was a collection of photographs that both capture the culture and the people of Mexico and record Hurst’s particular proclivities, the food that fed his hungry eye.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Agents are specifically looking for photographs and videos taken by anyone there during that time frame.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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This dilemma is even more pronounced for bio-pics of musicians, which depend upon rights holders granting use of the subject’s music.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Holidays are for dressing up and taking leg poppin' pics.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Snapshots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snapshots. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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