screenshot
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of screenshot
First recorded in 1980–85; screen ( def. ) + shot 1
Example Sentences
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Sharing a screenshot of what Polanski had reposted, he said: "If I was to post anything as inciteful then I would expect to be arrested, and so should Polanski."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“I am aware of recent media inquiries concerning a protective order entered on July 10, 2026,” the chef wrote alongside the screenshot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Great!” she replied, from her home in Pune, India, according to a screenshot of the messages seen by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Every screenshot, statement or supposed leak linked to the coming title draws frenzied online scrutiny.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Hideo’s stare darts from the screenshot over to me.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
“There is a reason I will not post anything about the adaptation of my work,” the author wrote in what appear to be screenshots of a group chat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Journal has reviewed nearly 20 recordings of Regan’s sales pitches, as well as videos and screenshots related to his operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Multiple traders on Reddit shared screenshots that showed them purchasing thousands of Wendy’s shares.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Cormier then said he’d been “hacked or something” and asked who would believe something like that, while Eric Trump called the screenshots completely fake and AI-generated.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
I snapped several screenshots, just to be safe.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
A longtime MMA reporter who says he saw the post before it vanished insisted it was real, writing that he and others had screenshotted it themselves.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
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
“What we’re finding is they’re just screenshotting these photos from social media and using those.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
“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
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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