Thesaurus results for CLOSE-UPS

close-ups

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plural of close-up

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He had been shot at least five times – in his right arm, his left leg, his right foot, and twice in his abdomen, said Constance DiAngelo, a forensic pathologist who reviewed funeral home photographs of Beloozerov’s body at CNN’s request.

— Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
In 2024, his team used aerial photographs and satellite imagery to count nearly 1,300 structures across southwestern Amazonia.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of photographs

Noun

Aortic dissections are estimated to occur in 20,000 people in the United States every year, half of which are fatal.

— Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 July 2026
Aortic dissections occur when the inner layer of tissue in the aorta, which carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body, ruptures.

— Veronique Greenwood, Time, 13 July 2026

Definition of dissections

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Below, see nine sweet photos of the British royal family members with their beloved pets.

— Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
In May 2019, San Jose police retrieved the suspects’ phones from the arresting agencies and found photos taken inside a San Jose hotel two days before Tran’s killing.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of photos

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Iosseliani’s poetic portraits of life on the Soviet periphery range from neorealist documentation of collective farms to playful snapshots of Tbilisi, with a light touch reminiscent of the French New Wave.

— Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
In his free time, Tupper experimented with his own polyethylene creations, including a shaving cream dispenser with a self-closing cap and a clear belt with slots for inserting snapshots.

— Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

Definition of snapshots

Noun

His philosophy aims to avoid blowups, even if that sometimes means missing opportunities to maximize profits.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
The history of peacemaking – from Kadesh to the Dayton Accords that ended the Bosnian war, to the Belfast Agreement that halted the 30-year sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland – shows that public blowups and threats to walk out are normal stages, not proof of failure.

— Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 25 June 2026

Definition of blowups

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Park’s team then worked through the 450 years of mud bracketing that sliver, layer by layer, combining microscope images with chemical scans, isotope readings, and diatom counts every two to three years.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2026
Cardinal's nuclear medicine unit is involved here as a maker and distributor of Vizamyl, which is GE Healthcare's diagnostic agent for Alzheimer's used during PET scans.

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of scans

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