snapshot
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The latest snapshot of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification projects that more than four million children aged six months to five years old will need treatment for acute malnutrition next year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
A more direct snapshot of the past six years also shows things are improving.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
It showed a snapshot of his checking and savings account balances and other details, courtesy of his agent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The poster and key image from the film is a smiling snapshot of Mihai and Lisbet with their children, a seemingly happy family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Inspector Pearce tucked the snapshot into her pocket and didn’t answer Aunt Gloria’s question.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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The task for Burnham is to meld these snapshots into a compelling and coherent narrative, culminating in a vision of the Britain he wants to see a decade from now.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Much of the previous work has relied on snapshots taken at a single point in time, focused mainly on school-age children, or lacked repeated measurements throughout early childhood.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
However, the SSA currently does not provide the same detailed, real-time metrics as it did in the past, instead providing only snapshots of its performance, which makes it difficult to verify the improvements, critics said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
“If a phone call is intimate and your conversations on a regular basis are snapshots of your face making funny images, then the idea of going into deep intimacy must be absolutely terrifying.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Then there would be autograph-seeking girls coming in waves, a ride home, kisses from Mother, and snapshots on the front lawn, trophy in hand.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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The student survey indicating widespread opposition to the policy—released in February shortly after the grade proposal was publicized—was taken at an “unrepresentative moment” because it snapshotted students’ initial shock, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Users can choose which apps are used by the feature, and private mode on some browsers will not be snapshotted.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025
“I know sometimes things can be snapshotted in a certain way in a particular cultural moment,” said Hernandez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
Josh Kaplan explains this weird new surveillance technology that most people are still unaware of—especially those whose cars are being snapshotted.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2019
She snapshotted watertanks, whistling posts, lunch stands, section houses, grade crossings and holes in the snowshed—also scenery, people and climate.
From Roughing it De Luxe by John T. McCutcheon
The Chief of Police has just been here and left instructions that snapshotting is an invasion of private rights.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
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