Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for close-ups
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After a casino owner turned TV star first became President of the United States, media networks further beefed up their political coverage by treating it like entertainment, amplifying juicy play-by-plays over granular dissections of policy.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026 -
My father founded private hospitals south of Johannesburg, and my mother lectured anatomy, presiding over dissections and preparing meat dishes at home with the same attentive care — removing sinew and fat with a dedicated set of kitchen scalpels.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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Today, in the context of this historic event, the artist presents a series of unpublished photographs from that session with Vanity Fair.—
Gustavo Egusquiza,
Vanity Fair,
21 Apr. 2026
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As first reported by The Art Newspaper, the gift spans centuries, from 16th-century ceramics to textiles, photographs, wooden objects, prints, and archival material tied to Rivera and his circle.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Doing creative deconstructions of Chinese foods is part of their culinary hallmark, as many chefs are hungry to showcase their own culture.—
Terry Tang,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Nevertheless, the scrutiny ratcheted up, resulting in pieces musing on journalistic ethics and deconstructions of her book, American Canto.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Dec. 2025
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There’s also an option to add photos inside the locket, and gift packaging is available, too, which makes the whole gifting process even easier.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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The neo-bluegrass musician took to social media Monday to post photos of himself laid up in a hospital bed, along with multiple X-rays of the nuts and bolts now holding his leg together.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The modern world forces us to waste time doing cost-benefit analyses of various inconveniences.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Improving these decisions requires multiple analyses, including reviewing past collections, identifying which attributes mattered, mapping those attributes to sell-through and comparing them to current demand signals.—
Anita Beveridge-Raffo,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But these new data scans can be effective in finding criminals.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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At the time, the courier sought to eliminate all the manual scans done by pre-loaders who sort and move packages from the conveyor belt into delivery vehicles.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Duke Gardens provides a gorgeous backdrop for family snapshots, portraits, and engagement photos.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Being able to take snapshots and video by looking at anything is convenient, but even the best AI glasses don't come close to the picture quality of midrange smartphones.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
9 Apr. 2026
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Leveraging this method has long been awaited by cosmologists, but only in recent years has data for both the CMB and for large-scale structure surveys become robust enough to yield a meaningful result like this.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
21 Apr. 2026
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The party began the surveys out of concern that Democrats could be shut out of the governor’s race because of California’s unique primary system, where the top two vote-getters in the June 2 primary move on to the November general election regardless of political party.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Close-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/close-ups. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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