How to Use time-lapse in a Sentence

time-lapse

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  • But time-lapse videos of the shrub showed that wasn’t true.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Smith had an old cell phone set up to take a time-lapse video of the eclipse.
    The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
  • This capture is a still from a time-lapse of 248 images.
    Samuel Sanders, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
  • But viewed in time-lapse there is a larger pattern in the lights, their tracery.
    Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Here's a look at how the suburbs have changed through the lens of Google Earth's time-lapse function dating back to 1984.
    The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The time-lapse video shows teams reconstructing the dinosaur in just over a minute.
    Staff Reports, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The time-lapse graphic shows what the eclipse will look like from Indianapolis.
    Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The thin air carried a chill as clouds swirled around us — and, dizzyingly, below us — at time-lapse speeds.
    David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2023
  • See a time-lapse of the storm’s path over California below.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • And then, there were instances where the time-lapse happened, or the filming happened before the song happened.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
  • An all-sky camera from the University of Alaska captured a time-lapse of the event.
    Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Wang first constructed his first time-lapse footage of the Beta Pictoris b with five years of its circuit.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Aug. 2023
  • McCoy and his colleagues used time-lapse video and a microscope to record the IVF embryos' first cell divisions.
    Gina Jiménez, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The officers shined their flashlight on my pistol, drew their guns, barked me out of my ride and in the slowest of time-lapse, found a baggie laden with dope under my seat.
    Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The appearance of the swirl was caught in time-lapse on the Geophysical Institute’s all-sky camera and shared widely.
    Mark Thiessen, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The opening credits roll over the transformation of an empty apartment in a cool time-lapse sequence.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Despite the very visible protests on the r/Place canvas, on Thursday, Reddit did actually share a time-lapse video of some of day one.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 22 July 2023
  • On Allie’s side of the equation especially, the time-lapse provides information the movie did not.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The professors showed a series of time-lapse satellite images of a receding and flooded shoreline.
    Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
  • By setting up time-lapse cameras and visiting 31 specific nests, the team revealed more about the ins and outs of the octopus life cycle, reports Helen Scales for the Guardian.
    Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In 2004, its Spirit and Opportunity rovers took the first time-lapse photos of Phobos during a solar eclipse.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The proud father shared a few behind-the-scenes shots of his son's TV debut, including a time-lapse of the intense makeup routine Gus endured to transform into a zombie.
    Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Time-Lapse: Another impressive video feature on the iPhone is the time time-lapse mode, which takes photos at set intervals, and stitches them all together at the end.
    David Nield, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Drake also posted a lengthy time-lapse video of his team sorting through the undergarments from a massive bin on his Instagram story.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Using a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers around the world, his Extreme Ice Survey has demonstrated how glaciers are vanishing over time.
    Nell Lewis, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Available in two colors, this compact camera supports HD video capture and even allows for special effects like time-lapse video.
    Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The market teased the record-breaking news leading up to the announcement and later posted a time-lapse video of workers setting up the display, located at 3035 Buckner Blvd.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
  • Jessica Alba For daughter Honor's 14th birthday, Alba shared a time-lapse video of her oldest child growing up.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Pay attention to the features Pet cameras come with a wide variety of features with everything from treat dispensing to the ability to create time-lapse videos of your pet’s day.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Veo's example videos include a cowboy riding a horse, a fast-tracking shot down a suburban street, kebabs roasting on a grill, a time-lapse of a sunflower opening, and more.
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 15 May 2024

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