snapshot
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Polaris’s earnings report this week provided a snapshot of a company that is turning around its operations as it continues to face external challenges from tariffs and inflationary pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
But the monthly snapshot looks very different elsewhere.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Prediction markets also measure expectations, and bettors can repeat the same bet multiple times, while polls attempt a snapshot of the entire population.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
A more direct snapshot of the past six years also shows things are improving.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
He folded up the snapshot and went back to fishing.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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
His gaze shifts past snapshots he once documented of historical taut moments in Los Angeles like the 1966 Sunset Strip riots of West Hollywood or the 1970 Chicano Moratorium in Boyle Heights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
Inside were snapshots, old letters, precious buttons, worry beads.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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
He began passing samples of his skill to Peter Rolls, calling out rather loudly the names of ladies snapshotted.
From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
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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