snapshot

Example Sentences

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Any stock screen is only a snapshot, meant to help you with your own research through which you can form your own opinion about a potential investment.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Nguyen deftly crafts a poignant and contemplative snapshot of these seven bonded men who are caught between several masters in the creation of “Arirang.”

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

A recent “point in time” count, as they’re called, the famously incomplete snapshot of how many people are homeless in a city on a given night, clocked the city’s homeless population at 2,500.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

That’s what my friend asked when I sent him a snapshot of my workday weirdness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Santa paused to give the snapshot a moist kiss.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole