snapshot
Example Sentences
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Frequent volcanic activity covered the lake beds in ash, helping preserve fine details and offering a vivid snapshot of life from that era.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
If financial records for several months are not private, the judge wrote, “surely this request for a two-hour snapshot of one’s public movements” is not private either.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
"They provide a snapshot of a different time".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
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
Each stamp is a snapshot of a story, of one thin slice of history captured like an ant in amber.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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