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captures
  • present tense form of capture (3rd person singular).

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He believes investors aren’t pricing in significant market share for either company, “so if either ultimately captures larger market opportunity, the upside could be meaningful.”

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

“Behind gates on a rare flat lot in Mount Olympus, this private retreat captures unobstructed panoramic views that stretch from downtown Los Angeles to the ocean,” the listing crowed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Individually, each detector only captures part of the picture.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Surveying his own time, Fiedler concludes that this gothic literary mode still captures most fully what he describes as “an era of universal war, alienation from nature, failed revolutions, genocide, and ideological self-deception.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

He captures snowflakes, tadpoles, hibernating frogs; he coaxes bread from bakers with none to sell; he regularly appears in the kitchen with fresh milk for the babies.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr