in the picture
idiom
: involved or playing a part in something : in the same situation or relationship
After their brief separation, her boyfriend is back in the picture.
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This, at his best, is Crews’s subject: the relationship between art and self-annihilation—and whether the price of becoming the boy in the picture is too high to be paid by the one stumbling through the dark.
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Draisaitl, at least, is assuredly in the picture for the long term.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 18 June 2025
But Day is three times smarter than anyone else in the picture, thinking one step ahead of Stewart, who spends too much time on a wild goose chase and trying to figure out how to eat an African dinner with one hand.
—Neal Justin, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
In Kirby Star Allies, for example, the 3D elements in the picture looked mostly the same, with roughly the same resolution, same textures, and similar overall frame rates.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Draisaitl, at least, is assuredly in the picture for the long term.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 18 June 2025
But Day is three times smarter than anyone else in the picture, thinking one step ahead of Stewart, who spends too much time on a wild goose chase and trying to figure out how to eat an African dinner with one hand.
—Neal Justin, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
In Kirby Star Allies, for example, the 3D elements in the picture looked mostly the same, with roughly the same resolution, same textures, and similar overall frame rates.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
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“In the picture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20picture. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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