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snapshot

 noun
     
Related topics: Photography
snap‧shot [countable]
1TCP a photograph taken quickly and often not very skilfully [= snap]
snapshot of
a snapshot of his girlfriend
2 a piece of information that quickly gives you an idea of what the situation is like at a particular time
snapshot of
The book gives us a snapshot of life in the Middle Ages.
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