as in photo
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 snapshot
Derik Queen’s thrilling fadeaway bank shot on Sunday night to send Maryland men’s basketball to its first Sweet 16 since 2016 and only the second time in the past two decades might be the quintessential snapshot of the season.
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
At one level, the deal is a snapshot of Hollywood dealmaking in 2025.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
This is only a snapshot of a group that will constantly be in flux.
—Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
These early cosmic hills and valleys extend millions of light years across, and in the billions of years after the ACT snapshot, gravity pulled their denser regions inwards to birth stars that then formed the first galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
At one level, the deal is a snapshot of Hollywood dealmaking in 2025.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
This is only a snapshot of a group that will constantly be in flux.
—Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
These early cosmic hills and valleys extend millions of light years across, and in the billions of years after the ACT snapshot, gravity pulled their denser regions inwards to birth stars that then formed the first galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snapshot
Noun
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Click here to see more photos of the setup and observance.—
Caleb Grieger,
Arkansas Online,
28 Mar. 2025
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As the dye travels through your blood vessels, a camera takes photos of the blood vessels in the retina to check for leaking.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
28 Mar. 2025
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With few photographs, no clear family records, and little oral history preserved, DNA testing offers, albeit partial, answers to an individual's story.—
Abigail Dubiniecki,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Vice-President Michel Temer took over, but his tenure was shadowed by a potential scandal: a blackmailer had hacked his wife’s phone and threatened to release compromising photographs of her.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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One of the major problems with the first trailer was that the pic’s VFX wasn’t ready.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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The pic, based on the the wildly popular kids video game, earned a record-shattering $10.6 million in Thursday previews.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Snapshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snapshot. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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