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snapshot

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


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Those figures come from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances, the most reliable snapshot we have of what Americans actually hold.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

We checked in with Katherine for this latest snapshot of Wayfair’s earnings—and what big-ticket purchases may mean for U.S. consumers:

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Together, these molecules can provide a detailed snapshot of a person's current biological state.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

And so it’s a neighborhood at war with itself, with some viewing Skid Row as one of the largest recovery centers in the country while others see a snapshot of social collapse.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

On the screen was a snapshot of my face on the morning they had brought us into camp, but the text beside it wasn’t my history.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

His instinct was to photograph, but he did not expect one of his lakeside snapshots to go around the world within hours.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Archived snapshots of the websites for the girls' and boys' sections of the school – taken in the months before the attack - include the address of the site.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

ADI Predictstreet said it would periodically take snapshots of the rankings to determine winners.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

They’re snapshots of what you did, why it mattered and how your beliefs influenced your actions.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

Both avatars looked Japanese, and they bore a striking resemblance to one another, like snapshots of the same young man taken five years apart.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

But it was not before Inglewood had seen an instantaneous picture so unique that he might well have snapshotted it with his everlasting camera.

From Manalive by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

The Chief of Police has just been here and left instructions that snapshotting is an invasion of private rights.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville




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