snapshot
noun
snap·shot
ˈsnap-ˌshät 
1
: a casual photograph made typically by an amateur with a small handheld camera
2
: an impression or view of something brief or transitory
a snapshot of life back then
Examples of snapshot in a Sentence
fans excitedly took snapshots of the rock star as he dashed into the hotel
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Here’s a snapshot of the action prior to the opening bell in New York:
S&P 500 futures rose 0.37% this morning, premarket.
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 30 June 2025
To me, that’s the snapshot of what a perfect record is, from recording to video for you.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 30 June 2025
Polls are snapshots of a particular moment during a campaign, and Selzer and the Des Moines Register did extensive post-mortems on their methodology and whether the poll failed to capture late deciders.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 June 2025
Just like these are three very different snapshots of women pushing 60, in novels protagonists of a certain age are generally divided into two camps:
One, where age is their superpower by virtue of draping them in a cloak of invisibility and/or by having rained down heaps of wisdom upon them.
—Sue Hincenbergs, People.com, 28 June 2025
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 30 June 2025
To me, that’s the snapshot of what a perfect record is, from recording to video for you.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 30 June 2025
Polls are snapshots of a particular moment during a campaign, and Selzer and the Des Moines Register did extensive post-mortems on their methodology and whether the poll failed to capture late deciders.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 June 2025
Just like these are three very different snapshots of women pushing 60, in novels protagonists of a certain age are generally divided into two camps:
One, where age is their superpower by virtue of draping them in a cloak of invisibility and/or by having rained down heaps of wisdom upon them.
—Sue Hincenbergs, People.com, 28 June 2025
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“Snapshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snapshot. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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snapshot
noun
snap·shot
ˈsnap-ˌshät
: a photograph taken usually with a small hand-held camera
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