How to Use snapshot in a Sentence

snapshot

noun
  • In the lead-up to kickoff, here’s a snapshot look at the matchup.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The snapshot of Sánchez’s school days shows her first name is Wendy.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The image stuck, and has since served as a yearly snapshot for the state of the world.
    Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Try to get a snapshot and measure whether both sides of the ribs are even.
    Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 16 June 2023
  • Here’s a snapshot of where those three kinds of laws have passed.
    Francesca Paris, New York Times, 5 June 2023
  • The United States is kind of a snapshot of what’s happening in the rest of the world.
    Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Each brief episode is a snapshot of life as the Heelers play games and learn new things.
    Abby Ohlheiser, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
  • In our snapshot, Harris/Walz are at +1, and Trump/Vance -1.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Having a clear snapshot of the current state of cloud costs opens the door to the following steps.
    Laurent Gil, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Here’s a snapshot of the U.S. workforce on Labor Day 2023.
    Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Polls are a snapshot in time, and voters can and will change their minds in the week before the election.
    Ruth Igielnik, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Seeing your health care provider once a year is just one snapshot in time.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2024
  • Here is a snapshot of our coverage over the last week-plus.
    Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Nielsen calls The Gauge a snapshot of TV viewing every month.
    James Brown, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2022
  • In the snapshot, the expectant mom teamed a pair of blue jeans with a cropped black top and a beige shirt jacket.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
  • And in this snapshot of time, UAH is not meeting the challenges of its region.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The Jim Dandy was a snapshot of his two-year-old self, but growth changes everybody.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The pair both cradle her baby bump, which is exposed in some of the snapshots.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 7 July 2024
  • It’s meant to be a specific snapshot of the Middle East in the late Eighties.
    Sean Evans, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The census is a snapshot of how many people were living on the streets on a single night in a year.
    The Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2022
  • In other snapshots, Kourtney sports a sheer white top and black bra.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
  • One snapshot shows the pair even going in the pool together.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Here's a remarkable little snapshot of the state of U.S. home prices.
    Sami Sparber, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Like all photos, the Webb image is just a snapshot in time of the Cartwheel Galaxy.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022
  • At some point, my India trips started to feel like snapshots of loss.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Five weeks is plenty of time to shift an election, so polling on the race is still only a snapshot.
    Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2022
  • In the snapshot, rolling green hills can be seen on the horizon, as an American flag also hangs in the frame.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Adding a grinning dog, tongue lolling out, will make your snapshots much more likely to get likes.
    Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 2 Jan. 2024
  • As kickoff approaches, here’s our snapshot look at the game.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
  • But the winter meetings are a snapshot, not a jury trial.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024

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