snapshot
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Islington is a snapshot of a trend also playing out not only in inner London but also other parts of the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
"The current results are a snapshot of a moment during infection, and it opens the door to studying flu-host interactions across the entire infection cycle."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
All 50 states, five US territories such as Puerto Rico, plus an array of sporting and cultural organizations have made contributions to this collective national snapshot.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Both his seismic and economic disaster scenarios failed to pan out, thank goodness, but it was a snapshot of that era’s economic angst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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
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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
But in this coastal enclave dubbed America’s Best-Preserved Puritan Town, those snapshots have lit a burning debate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
They’re snapshots of what you did, why it mattered and how your beliefs influenced your actions.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
She’s probably uploading the latest family snapshots on Facebook for our out-of-town relatives.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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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 Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
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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