screenshot
Americannoun
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screenshots
plural
verb (used with object)
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of screenshot
First recorded in 1980–85; screen ( def. ) + shot 1
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Bryan also posted a screenshot of another message that appeared to have been sent by LaPaglia to a third party and outlined several alleged “options” available to her in the aftermath of the breakup.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
In a separate Instagram story shared Monday, Kendrick thanked followers for their support and assured them “I’m okay,” according to a screenshot published by Complex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
I took a screenshot and sent it to my sister, who lives in another state.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Jeffery's twin brother Carlon, who is also an actor, reposted that statement as well as a clip of his sister on a beach and a screenshot of an undated text message.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
My profile picture was a screenshot of the Francis Ford Coppola version of Dracula, when the count appears as his real age, which is like five hundred or something.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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
It did not specify where the messages had been written nor publish screenshots.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
He showed screenshots of erroneous AI search summaries to alleged victims, convincing them he was worthy of their trust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Dixon began taking photographs and screenshots of text messages about air-quality readings, some of which are included with her affidavit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Then I snapped out of my daze and quickly took several screenshots of the text.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Some examples screenshotted by users and seen by the BBC showed videos on the platform being accurately described, but Business Insider also identified a number of "wildly inaccurate" AI overviews.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
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
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
Consider printing or screenshotting a map before you arrive, since there’s no phone service on the mountain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
However, content shared with your Circle is still subject to the platform’s community guidelines, and it also doesn’t stop other users from screenshotting your posts.
From The Verge ● Aug. 30, 2022
That could include rule-breaking that appears unusual in context: for instance, an uptick in screenshotting confidential documents during internal Zoom meetings or setting up a work email to auto-forward everything to a private Yahoo account.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2022
Imagine if Picasso was screenshotting everything, everybody could see it, like, “Eh, I don’t want to buy that painting.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
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