capture
Example Sentences
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To capture particles, the team used air samplers equipped with metal surfaces that collect material from the atmosphere.
From Science Daily
These devices captured detailed movement patterns, including short bursts of vigorous activity that people might not remember or report.
From Science Daily
Police believed Freeman may have evaded capture with the help of locals sympathetic to his anti-authority views.
From Barron's
To identify infrastructure targets in coming Russian attacks, Ukrainian intelligence collects information on sites captured by Russian satellites.
More successfully, in the 19th century, George Boole—mathematician, logician, theoretical psychologist—“fundamentally changed our understanding of logic,” Mr. Griffiths tells us, by “showing how reason could be captured by a formal system.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
