as in near
not being distant in time, space, or significance
come over here and get a close-up view of the painting
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as in photo
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as in dissection
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Recent Examples of close-up
Stephen Smith, CBS News, 24 May 2025
Responding to a check requested earlier in March 2021 of a person not wearing COVID-19 protective gear, a drone passes above shopping malls, a school and apartments as the operator zooms in with the camera to get close-up images.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
Below, find the 10 non-comedogenic products that made the cut—each tested through months of trial, error, and close-up mirror moments (a gift from my face to yours).
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 23 May 2025
In one close-up photo, the mysterious symbols on the ring are clearly visible.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
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Noun
Scientists also used high-resolution cameras to capture close-up video of the wreck.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 24 May 2025
Responding to a check requested earlier in March 2021 of a person not wearing COVID-19 protective gear, a drone passes above shopping malls, a school and apartments as the operator zooms in with the camera to get close-up images.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
Below, find the 10 non-comedogenic products that made the cut—each tested through months of trial, error, and close-up mirror moments (a gift from my face to yours).
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 23 May 2025
In one close-up photo, the mysterious symbols on the ring are clearly visible.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for close-up
Adjective
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Inflation has also cooled again in recent months, coming in at 2.3 percent for April, a near four-year low.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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The closest town is White Salmon, which has a cute-as-a-button downtown strip, but the nearest major city is in Portland.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Apple Intelligence can summarize text messages, identify real-world surroundings with the iPhone’s camera, erase unwanted objects from photos, rewrite emails and prioritize notifications.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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One teenager unfurled and held up the national flag — red with a yellow star — for a photo.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Most felt the series was an entertainingly scathing, darkly funny dissection of the rich and their ridiculous, unhappy lives.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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In lab research, one potential concern is performing live dissections, once known as vivisection, without anesthetics or analgesics.—
Bob Fischer,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
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Numerous outlets have already reported on how close Barca is to landing breakout 2024/2025 La Liga star Joan Garcia from Espanyol, which could complicate Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s future as Hansi Flick’s first choice goalkeeper.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Riot Grrrl band Emily’s Sassy Lime will have an installation of archival music videos, photographs, zines and more from the 1990s; recent teenage punk band the Linda Lindas, who draw inspiration from Emily’s Sassy Lime, will also present their music videos, drawings and props.—
Alia Yee Noll,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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The book includes lots of maps, photographs, drawings and diagrams to illustrate the regions and concepts that Professor Williams discusses in the text.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Disclosure: Steve McDowell is an industry analyst, and NAND Research is an industry analyst firm, that engages in, or has engaged in, research, analysis and advisory services with many technology companies, including VAST Data, Dell Technologies, IBM, WEKA.—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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More than two-thirds of nearly 300 U.S. counties with the biggest growth in Medicaid and CHIP since 2008 backed Trump in the last election, according to a KFF Health News analysis of voting results and enrollment data from Georgetown.—
Noam Levey,
NPR,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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There was an immediate sense of trust, Burgos remembers.—
Griselda Flores,
Billboard,
30 May 2025
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This technique does not meet our bar for immediate servicing as a user must provide consent to the application before any access is allowed.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Advertisement World & Nation Georgia suspends talks on joining European Union, accusing bloc of blackmail Nov. 28, 2024 EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and enlargement commissioner Marta Kos released a joint statement Sunday on the Georgian government’s decision to suspend negotiations.—
Sophiko Megrelidze,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Dec. 2024
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In 2019, Biden was diagnosed with benign enlargement of the prostate, a very common condition that affects about 80% of men over 70.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
20 May 2025
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“Close-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/close-up. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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