screenshot
Americannoun
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screenshots
plural
verb (used with object)
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of screenshot
First recorded in 1980–85; screen ( def. ) + shot 1
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Although Sivarasa promptly deleted the comment and posted an apology video, a screenshot of it was brought to the attention of his employer and Saudi officials, leading to his arrest in July.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
According to the screenshot she shared, one proposed deal involved Bryan’s “Duxbury house + 3 million,” while another involved a $10 million cash payment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The tennis star then shared a screenshot of the lengthy explanation she posted to Instagram explaining the rules and why she stopped play when she did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
I took a screenshot and sent it to my sister, who lives in another state.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Something about his expression makes my stomach clench.“Did you—did you take a screenshot or something?”
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
In July 2025, the former couple’s breakup once again spilled into the public eye when Bryan shared screenshots of messages he claimed LaPaglia had sent after their romance ended.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The court documents also include screenshots of text message exchanges between Berry and Martinez and an email from their son’s school about his disruptive behavior days after the alleged incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Rebecca Rumsey, 23, a Cardiff University student and co-founder of the sexual misconduct campaign group Time To Act, said students had repeatedly sent the group screenshots of the posts.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
But she fell into an uncharacteristic silence after the screenshots were published on Thursday, broken only by a brief comment of "I have complete confidence in Jordan" to La Tribune Dimanche newspaper this weekend.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Basically, if Blue finds out that Martin Addison has screenshots of our emails, I'm pretty sure he’ll freak out.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
In the aftermath of the ruling, Rowling screenshotted the post of one of her favorite targets, trans activist India Willoughby.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2025
The watermarked Stake meme gets screenshotted and passed on, where it spreads through successive channels—like when publications that need to embed Twitter videos become complicit in Stake’s amorphous campaign.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2024
The prosecution told the court that posts sent by Mr Heath - a former prison officer - had been screenshotted by police to compile a 48-page document for the jury.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
Streamer Zach Bussey screenshotted the updated policy and tweeted it out on Tuesday.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Though Twitter removed the spoof accounts that popped up after the Blue Verified launch fairly quickly, many had already been screenshotted and shared widely.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2022
He resorted to screenshotting her daily Chrome history and analyzing it with AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
“BoJack” and “Succession” share a thrilling attention to detail — production design meant for obsessive pausing and screenshotting, with a particular knack for tickers at the bottom of inane cable-news shows.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2023
Tweeting and deleting was also a bad approach because of screenshotting that could come back to haunt him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
Still, anti-vaccine groups sidestep new rules by using coded language, or screenshotting posts from prominent influencers’ own websites and sharing them on the mainstream platforms.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
“We will do everything in our power to block screenshotting video calls.”
From The Verge ● Jun. 9, 2020
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