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capturing



NOUN
imprisonment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
confining detaining immuring imprisoning incarcerating locking up quarantining
Antonyms


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“The first scene we did together was when he sings the sea shanty. The first rehearsal is just him going, ‘Aawoo,’” Rhys says, expertly capturing Root’s off-kilter delivery.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

In a recent study, researchers placed electrodes across the scalps of sedated patients, capturing their brain-wave data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

They caught a New Zealand team on the decline and rode the wave, capturing imaginations as they went.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The team plans to expand the work by studying more realistic mixtures of materials, with the goal of better capturing the complex processes that govern fallout formation during real-world nuclear events.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Instead of capturing Flux in the camera’s flash, Sheed caught that Clock Watcher, who froze, still airborne in her tackling pose.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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