close-ups

plural of close-up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for close-ups
Noun
  • Based on dissections of a few catfish and the timing of the sighting, researchers concluded the bumblebee catfish were likely migrating upriver to spawn and were not eating during the migration.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Entitled Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, the statute bars both photographs and broadcasting from the courtroom of a federal criminal trial.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • After clearing the idea with Springsteen himself, Clinch began working on ideas to feature his most iconic photographs.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Framed black and white photos of her now-adult children as youngsters hang along one wall, serving as a sweet reminder of days past.
    Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Netflix has also released a series of first-look photos from the series; read on to get a first look, and give us your first impressions in a comment below.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Community colleges and higher education The budget includes about $493 million in funding for community colleges in Michigan, a slight increase from the previous fiscal year, according to fiscal analyses.
    Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • By comparison, the 2024 heat death report from just one county in Arizona is longer and includes more in-depth analyses of risk factors, contributing weather events and suggested pathways forward.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Further investigation of human brain scans found that skull thickness had been altered by the tumors, particularly where bones fuse.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Fingerprint matrix Ordinary imaging methods, whether photographs, sonar, or ultrasound scans, rely on sending a wave toward an object and analyzing the portion that bounces back.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, the drop-off could also be attributed to people refusing to answer surveys or not indicating their nativity status, economists note.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Its surveys vary in their findings across time and can be either favorable or unfavorable to the government.
    Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the snapshots below, common UPF ingredients are easy to spot in a range of popular foods.
    Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • While a wallpaper photographed by Calle was turned into a key black-and-white print in the collection, with small bellflowers blossoming on shirts and pants, a flavor for Orientalism infiltrated Rizza’s designs, inspired by some of Calle’s snapshots.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Health Department gives restaurants with low scores a chance to correct issues, sometimes performing follow-up inspections the same day.
    Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • See the entire database of restaurant inspections here.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Close-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/close-ups. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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