snapshot

Looking back, Winston sees the image as a snapshot of a pivotal period in his life.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

"Every fossil is a tiny snapshot of the past," said Jerit Mitchell, a U of R doctoral candidate in physics who leads the project under Barbi's direction.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

The small survey isn’t representative of Gen Z as a whole, but it offers a snapshot of the varied approaches described in this article:

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The Census Bureau’s annual report released Tuesday provides an economic snapshot in time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

He saw that he had overlooked an enclosed snapshot.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

The manuscript, which includes the daughter’s blurry Polaroid snapshots and postcards from their travels, chronicles the pair’s trials, adventures and conversations as they pursue Nanna’s past and their own futures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Those measurements provided a series of snapshots showing how the electronic phases recovered over time.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 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

Two were of Emma, snapshots she’d sent him that he’d sent back.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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

This clumsiness clings even to the photographs of public men, as they are snapshotted at public meetings.

From Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

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