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snapshot

[snap-shot] / ˈsnæpˌʃɒt /
NOUN
photograph
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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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

Sat by a sample of 15-year-olds – 3,406 in Wales in 2025, including some in Sarah Hopkins' school - it provides a snapshot of how education systems are performing.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Yeah, those are just polls and they only offer you a vague snapshot in time.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

There before him was a literal snapshot of his checking and savings account balances, various construction costs for a house project, and recurring charges for Netflix and car insurance, courtesy of his agent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Look at a globe and what you are seeing really is a snapshot of the continents as they have been for just one-tenth of 1 percent of the Earth’s history.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

But these songs are mostly character-driven rather than diaristic, offering brief snapshots of oddballs moving through a confusing landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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

A few snapshots of Mom and Daddy in college, friends first before they fell in love.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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

"I've snapshotted about everything else around here, but I never thought of the sky."

From The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

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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