capturing

verb

present participle of capture
1
as in winning
to receive as return for effort the movie's producers captured several awards for their work

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2
as in grabbing
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly captured the cat just as it was about to escape out the front door

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Recent Examples of capturing In fact, there are twelve notes (to be specific), all handpicked by master perfumer and fragrance expert Jérôme Epinette capturing a range of floral, fruity, and earthy. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 31 July 2026 This involves a dual-camera setup capturing practical footage for the side walls, augmented by CGI. — Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Ferrari has positioned the Luce as its solution to capturing wealthy Chinese and Silicon Valley buyers who are already comfortable driving EVs. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 31 July 2026 That’s a 3x zoom, which can combine with digital zoom for up to 12x close-ups while still capturing photos at up to 7,680 by 4,320 pixels or recording video at up to 4K60. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026 The 30-minute video posted by Pfister of the Zimmerman’s Meat Market incident from earlier this year shows him, his wife, Pam, and another man holding their cameras to the deli’s front window, capturing what was visible inside. — Kyung Lah, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 The United States seized control of Venezuela’s oil revenues after capturing President Nicolás Maduro in a military raid in January and securing the cooperation of vice president Delcy Rodríguez. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026 The European Space Agency’s ClearSpace-1, planned for 2029, tackles the harder case by capturing the unprepared, noncooperative Proba-1 satellite and dragging it down to burn up. — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 22 July 2026 The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has been capturing some of the Red Planet's most surreal landscapes, and its latest images reveal a sprawling field that looks like molten metal frozen across the floor of an ancient Mars crater. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capturing
  1. winning
  2. grabbing
  3. earning
  4. catching
  5. gaining
  6. seizing
  7. reaping
  8. snatching
Verb
  • Baresi is regarded as an AC Milan icon, having spent his entire 20-year career with the club, winning six Serie A titles and three top European trophies, and captaining the team for 15 seasons before retiring in 1997.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • The Padres saw their five-game winning streak snapped and dropped two games behind the final NL wild-card spot.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of winning
Verb
  • Because of the abyss that comes into play in the mid-30s at RB, grabbing a RB (or two) in the first three tiers is crucial.
    — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • The 35-year-old actor is often photographed doing deeply ordinary things around Manhattan—grabbing coffee, running errands, walking to wherever—wearing outfits that shouldn’t always work but somehow do.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 30 July 2026
Definition of grabbing
Verb
  • Pete Fairbanks, the Marlins' fifth pitcher, threw just seven pitches while earning his 16th save with a perfect ninth.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Those included earning her master’s degree from the University of Missouri.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of earning
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  • Former Chicago Police first deputy superintendent Anthony Riccio said catching these riders isn't easy and riders know it.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Polizzi, 38, credited regular Pap smears with catching her cancer early and encouraged other women to keep up with their own exams for early detection.
    — Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of catching
Verb
  • The oil market has been volatile over the course of the war, gaining 9% or more over six single-day or multi-day stretches since the beginning of March.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • That simplicity may be one reason rucking is gaining attention.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of gaining
Verb
  • The Dodgers weren’t actually bankrupt at the time, but then owner Frank McCourt used the process to keep MLB from seizing the team.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Withers, 28, has lately been seizing every opportunity in his path, but the Amazon MGM Studios rom-com represents a chance to show a lighter side.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of seizing
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  • As the Wall Street Journal reports, British fossil fuel giant Shell is reaping enormous profits thanks to spiking oil prices triggered by the conflict in Iran.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 30 July 2026
  • That kind of deal had been the standard procedure in recent years, with teams paying players big money early and reaping the benefits of those extra prime years before a third deal comes around.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of reaping
Verb
  • Google is snatching up more office space in the South Florida metropolis, just as its cofounders are buying million-dollar mansions right on the waterfront.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • Scylla pounces, snatching members of the crew between her jaws.
    — Chris Moody, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Definition of snatching

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