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snapshot

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


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The figures are the last official snapshot of the jobs market before Chancellor John Healey presents his first Budget next week.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 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

Here’s a wrapup of what some CFOs and C-suite leaders said on earnings calls about the most recent snapshot of their financial health:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The poster and key image from the film is a smiling snapshot of Mihai and Lisbet with their children, a seemingly happy family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

She had to be content with letting Flossie Gaddis, who had a box camera, take a snapshot.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

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

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

At Arriaga, in northern Chiapas, snapshots of the dead are placed in a black book on Police Chief Reyder Cruz Toledo’s desk.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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

Charmian and Claude had been snapshotted on the deck of the ship by a little army of journalists.

From The Way of Ambition by J. H. Gardner Soper

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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