capture
Example Sentences
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The quarter’s best performer was the tiny $52 million Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, which uses futures to capture the cost of shipping oil with tankers.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
With profits growing and cash on hand, he said, the company can be “on offense when others are playing defense and really capture market share.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Goldhaber’s reimagining of an ominous relic from an earlier era of media consumption may capture for audiences the sensation, for better or worse, of what life can be like in an ultra-connected world.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
The event was so intense that no single telescope could capture the full picture.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
Herold was a good enough navigator during the daylight, but not under cloak of darkness, and not haunted by the fear of capture.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
